Four inches to the left and I would have missed it. But I did not miss it and now have a couple thousand dollars worth of body work to get done. I know that I have some descendants who are considering asking for my car keys. In 80 years of driving a car I have had only 2 or 3 accidents that were chargeable to me. In my 14 years in Ruston I had one. I drove over a small tree laying across the road in a storm at night. I did have several bad accidents in Ruston. Twice while parked at Jefferson Corner and inside having coffee my car was badly mauled by fellow customers. I was front ended by deer twice. The last deer accident did $8000 damage!
I have several loving descendants who are considering asking me to turn in my car key. This has been on their minds even before this accident with the bridge yesterday.
I have had a very good record over those 80 years of driving. BUT, what is important is my present condition and ability. I am 95 years old. A little senile. My eyesight is terrible, especially in the dark. My reaction and coordination is not great.
I believe it s time to severely limit my driving. As of now I am retiring a large part of of my car key. I will only drive locally, in the day time, over easy simple routes, and very carefully.
Realizing and understanding your limitations is something most folks have a hard time with. My Dad started having similar issues when he was in his early 80s.
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