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Title: It takes all kinds ...
Post by: rossm on October 09, 2016, 02:18:19 PM
Great to see an old bloke getting out and about but

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/32844092/baffled-police-end-elderly-driver-s-mad-canning-stock-route-bid/#page1
Title: Re: It takes all kinds ...
Post by: Bird on October 09, 2016, 02:51:28 PM
what a ****in flog. take his license off him until he passes a common sense test.
Title: Re: It takes all kinds ...
Post by: rossm on October 09, 2016, 03:04:00 PM
what a ****in flog. take his license off him until he passes a common sense test.

The thing that amazes me is that he got as  far as he did.

Remember the trip report here a month or so ago from Sharkcaver where just about everything that could go wrong did

Some people go through life winging it and get away with it.



Title: Re: It takes all kinds ...
Post by: Rumpig on October 09, 2016, 03:12:40 PM
The thing that amazes me is that he got as  far as he did.

Remember the trip report here a month or so ago from Sharkcaver where just about everything that could go wrong did

Some people go through life winging it and get away with it.
good chance the 80 year old was driving much slower though, so being gentler on his vehicle.
Title: Re: It takes all kinds ...
Post by: Bird on October 09, 2016, 03:27:14 PM
this bit does my head in

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“He had no water, no food and he’d broken down again,” Sen. Sgt Cooper said.

“He had some fuel left but not much. He wouldn’t have made it to Billiluna 300km away. “So he’s in his 80s, in a vehicle with one battery travelling along a stock route outside of tourist season.”

Even then, the man was argumentative with police because he wanted to complete the drive.

As police escorted the man to the nearest community, one of his tyres was punctured.

He was unable to change the tyre with the tools he was carrying.
Title: Re: It takes all kinds ...
Post by: edz on October 09, 2016, 05:01:52 PM
The " get out of my way I'll do what ever I want and you owe me  " Attitude is an everyday occurrence  around these parts ..
Stuff the duty of care, take down warning signs  and let natural selection  take its course ... Baby sitting brainless people gets old very quickly ..
Title: Re: It takes all kinds ...
Post by: Troopy_03 on October 09, 2016, 05:16:50 PM
And at 80 years old, he was possibly suffering from dementia. Obviously there was no one looking out for his general well being.