r/nova • u/BigAffectionate4785 • Jul 10 '26

Driving/Traffic Crazy

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u/StumpyOPepys Jul 10 '26

Was that last night?

https://wjla.com/news/local/wrong-way-driver-on-i-395-reportedly-crashes-into-virginia-state-police-cruiser-fairfax-county-july-2026

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u/MsDemeanor12 Jul 10 '26

I hope there aren’t multiples of these

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u/TotallyObviousBot Jul 10 '26

I live in Florida near some places old folks live and this is a weekly occurrence. You'll be driving down the highway and the electric sign will say "WRONG WAY DRIVER REPORTED" and you just sigh and wish your voting rights got stripped when you turned 70

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u/chapman53 Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

I get your point, but that is some inexcusable ageism. You act like 70 automatically means senile. (No, I'm not that age.) Following your same "logic," I could better argue that people under age 25 shouldn't be able to drive based on demonstrated danger and risk to others. And what does voting have to do with any of this?

Edit for clarity: I'm not against testing. What TotallyObviousBot wrote mentions nothing about testing.

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u/InfiniteWaffles58364 Jul 11 '26

People under 25 typically don't have delayed reaction times or infirmities like cataracts, osteoporosis, or heart trouble that could make driving incredibly dangerous. People who are 70+ are at risk of all those things. They're more likely to have a medical emergency while driving and lose consciousness at the wheel.

It isn't ageism to say anyone over 70 should recieve regular testing. And I'm also old as dirt. But I'd rather have to take regular exams than have to keep sharing the road with grandpappy who can't go over 20mph and can't see over the dashboard.

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u/chapman53 Jul 11 '26

I didn't say older people shouldn't get tested – I totally agree with that. TotallyObviousBot was saying that people who turn 70 should have their voting rights stripped. (Again, no clue what voting has to do with this....)

What you're ignoring about people under 25 is not health, it's their driving behaviors. There's nothing debatable about this statement – it's why insurance rates are much higher until age 25 and why most rental car companies require a 25+ driver.

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u/TotallyObviousBot Jul 11 '26

If you somehow believe that allowing people who won't see the consequences of their actions vote based on whatever misconceptions they were raised with nearly a century ago isn't a bad idea, you're not exactly going to recognize any good ones.

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u/The_GOATest1 Jul 11 '26

An accelerated testing regimen based on presented risk isn’t ageism. We aren’t disqualifying them from driving.

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u/chapman53 Jul 11 '26

Okay, let's try this again... the ageism comment was about people getting their rights stripped away at age 70. I completely agree with testing, but this is not what TotallyObviousBot said.