Racer's Lounge - Old lady mistakes gas for brake at empty restaraunt v. i was there for aftermath.

I got to the car show in this plaza and saw a bunch of cop cars and fire trucks and what not. turns out some 88 year old woman mistook the gas for the brake and drove into an italian restaurant. she was ok but the car and the front of the store weren't. i snapped some pics that ended up on the 5 o'clock news because they towed the car out before the NBC crew got there. here's a video of the news plus the pics i took. they actually interviewed me but that didn't make the news.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?v=380444391988177

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http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/477837_380258352006781_100000678587104_1206324_213 4529813_o.jpg

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Horatio, our victim crashed her car into an italian restaurant.....

Well Frank, if she wanted Drive-Through Italian food.........

http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/images/2007/05/08/image2773178j.jpg

she should have gone to Fazoli's............YYYEEEEAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Don't know why any business does not have the concrete poles where the cars park so this never happens.

Same thing happened at my old job about 3 years ago. Was an old retired guy who "swore" he thought he had his car in reverse instead of drive. In my opinion once you hit a certain age you should be required to retake your drivers test. Hope no one was hurt.

Did you make any money off of the pics? ;)

Are drive ins welcome?
Old man did the same thing at dollar general where I used to live... He jumped the concrete stops and went through the glass and stopped at the register.

A grade school teacher of mine had her husband die when something like this happened. Car pushed him through a plate glass window.

Same thing happened at my old job about 3 years ago. Was an old retired guy who "swore" he thought he had his car in reverse instead of drive. In my opinion once you hit a certain age you should be required to retake your drivers test. Hope no one was hurt.

Over 65, every year you should prove this. Maybe every two years. Yea, some older folk are fine at driving (one of my old co workers was a SCCA racer in his S2K), but the majority....yea, I feel just as unsafe next to them as next to a 16 year old girl texting at a light.

OP, why do you keep putting random V's in your subjects?

Discount Den at Purdue had this happen like twice in 3 years while I was at school there... Threw some tarps over the hole and kept on selling their Den Pops.

OP, why do you keep putting random V's in your subjects?

^this

Youre next with the grand marquis you know that right?

haha that's pretty v crazy. I have a feeling v she won't be driving v again any tivme soon.

I agree, Over 65 should have to retest an show they still can control a car. Could have killed several people

Forward, reverse, same thing. lol

haha that's pretty v crazy. I have a feeling v she won't be driving v again any tivme soon.

Icwutudidthur

i think they should retest everyone regardless of age. a lot of young people cant drive worth a damn either

It's either a 2 foot driver which I can't stand, or simply not paying a lick of attention.

Have to love God's waiting room, this is probably a weekly/monthly occurrence in this state.:lol: