Saturday, October 22, 2011

Elderly couple die holding hands ...

By now its all over the news about the couple in their 90s who died an hour apart holding hands in the hospital.

The media do not seem to be mentioning that the 94 year old driver was facing revocation of his driving privileges when he failed to yield at a stop sign and that the woman he struck has massive internal injuries and a broken neck.

Loss of mobility has severe economic and psychological impact. His victim suffered severe impact too. He was rich enough to have hired personal assistants. He didn't. He chose to continue to drive at age 94.

Politicians in the very "grey" states such as Florida will probably be silent on this issue too as will the AARP.

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