Once seniors are too old to drive, our transportation system fails them

Re:Once seniors are too old to drive, our transportation sys... by pjc50 on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @08:38AM (#16213436)

> The town she's in recently made it illegal for residents of her park to drive their electric carts across the street to Publix or down the sidewalk to the doctor's office

This right here is the problem - how? Why? Doesn't this violate disability discrimination law? I thought seniors were quite an effective voting bloc in cases like this?

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Re:Once seniors are too old to drive, our transportation sys... by sevensor on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @08:56AM (#16213540)

Everybody in her park is furious about it, and you'll see people risking tickets. No idea about discrimination law. Supposedly it was for safety -- old folks in golf carts were deemed a hazard to pedestrians on the sidewalks. So they incentivize them to drive cars instead, at much higher rates of speed. Seems crazy to me too.

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Re:Once seniors are too old to drive, our transportation sys... by Spooky23 on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @08:48AM (#16213493)

They aren’t road legal and aren’t insured.

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Re:Once seniors are too old to drive, our transportation sys... by pjc50 on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @09:20AM (#16213698)

The UK exempts them from these requirements, so you'll occasionally see people driving them along the road. At 4mph. I'm not sure whether this is a good idea or not.

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