I love being late to school. I also love driving 25 mph in a 45. I don’t thank my car and certainly not the other students rushing to get to school, but I definitely thank the elderly folk getting their grocery shopping done early. If I had a dollar for every time I was stuck behind a Gertrude or a Vietnam veteran on highway 60, I’d have enough money to send them all into a nursing home. Elderly drivers drive slow, slowness causes traffic build-up, and traffic can lead to frustration and crashes. The agony we feel when behind elderly drivers will lead to an increase in teen depression. There is but only one solution and that is to eliminate their driving privileges. The issue is a rough one, but fortunately it isn’t impossible to solve.
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Obviously, people ages 66 and up will be pretty furious, but honestly… who cares? According to the United States population pyramid, there are around 50,000,000 people that are ages 66 and up while people who are ages 15-65 sit around 300,000,000. We outweigh the elderly, we should control the roads, we are the the newest generation of drivers. It’s actually very sad… they wont be able to get anywhere… Wrong! Bikes. Bikes can play a key component in their elderly lives. Not only will they be able to get from place to place, but imagine how fit they’ll be. It can’t be that hard for them to ride a bike. Pedaling down the sidewalk, breaking a sweat, will have a positive outcome on their beautiful lives. And if for some reason they can’t ride a bike, oh well. If they can’t ride a bike they shouldn’t be driving in the first place. Unfortunately though it’d be rough for them to get to their job and back. Boom, retirement. As previously stated, most people age 66 and up are already retired and if not then you should probably think about clocking out soon. If you’re a slow driver, its safe to say you’re probably a slow worker as
Obviously, people ages 66 and up will be pretty furious, but honestly… who cares? According to the United States population pyramid, there are around 50,000,000 people that are ages 66 and up while people who are ages 15-65 sit around 300,000,000. We outweigh the elderly, we should control the roads, we are the the newest generation of drivers. It’s actually very sad… they wont be able to get anywhere… Wrong! Bikes. Bikes can play a key component in their elderly lives. Not only will they be able to get from place to place, but imagine how fit they’ll be. It can’t be that hard for them to ride a bike. Pedaling down the sidewalk, breaking a sweat, will have a positive outcome on their beautiful lives. And if for some reason they can’t ride a bike, oh well. If they can’t ride a bike they shouldn’t be driving in the first place. Unfortunately though it’d be rough for them to get to their job and back. Boom, retirement. As previously stated, most people age 66 and up are already retired and if not then you should probably think about clocking out soon. If you’re a slow driver, its safe to say you’re probably a slow worker as