Quote Originally Posted by Starfish View Post
Oh Mr. Silver, this is so very true. I'm so sorry.
Well, I'll add a little levity to the whole debate about the night that we swapped roles about 4 years ago:

They go to church on Saturday evenings. We made plans to pick them up at their house after church to go to dinner.

When we picked them up, Mom was upset - indicating that she 'nearly had a wreck' in the parking lot at church.

At dinner I inquired more...here's the story:
  • She was backing out of her space
  • Her foot was 'stuck' so she couldn't stop
  • She 'may have hit' this car, but there was no damage
  • Dad said: "she was saying she couldn't stop, but I couldn't GET OUT OF THE CAR TO STOP IT because of the the automatic door locks!"


Later, I inspected her car, saw another car's paint. Called the church, called the sheriff, but no complaints. Phew

So, that night, I had to counsel:
  • my mother on the virtue of not leaving the scene of an accident , and
  • my father on the prudence of not getting out of a moving car (at least not without his walker!!)


The next night, the police called to report a "hit and run"...there was $11,000 in damage done to the other car that mom "may have hit".

This is why I favor regular renewal of elderly licenses!