By Admin on May 29, 2009 -
Bill Daniels, an Orange County senior driver, is thanking his lucky stars after a Santa Ana car accident that could have ended up pretty badly for him, but didn't. Daniels was driving his 2008 BMW east on 17th Avenue the morning of May 28, 2009, when an 87-year-old woman driving a Dodge Caravan without a license turned left in front of him almost crashing head-on. According to an article in The Orange County Register, the woman had not held a valid driver's license since 2002.
Daniels said he did not even have the time to react or apply the brakes in time to avoid the Orange County car collision. He estimated he was going at about 40 mph when he saw this "big white blur" in front of him. The Santa Ana car accident injured the elderly woman who had to be taken to the hospital. Daniels' BMW was totaled and he complained of "stiffness" immediately after the car crash. Read the rest »
By Admin on May 21, 2009 -
I came across this story in The Orange County Register, which clearly illustrates the problem that we currently have with an increasing number of senior drivers. This Westminster car accident, thankfully, did not cause any catastrophic injuries or fatalities, but it certainly had the potential to do so. According to the article, a 90-year-old man crashed into a wall at a construction site at 7001 Westminster Boulevard the afternoon of May 20, 2009. The man, Edward Robarge, told officials that his license had been expired for several years and that he crashed because he could not feel his legs when he failed to hit the brake.
Robarge admitted to officials that he should not have been driving, but that he had to take his wife to the store. His wife is apparently deaf and partially blind. The Ornage County car crash occurred when Robarge was unable to apply the brakes of his pickup truck in time for stopped traffic and veered toward a fence to avoid hitting anyone else. Neither Robarge nor his wife was seriously injured. No one else suffered any personal injuries although at least a dozen construction workers were onsite at the time of this car collision. Read the rest »
SLS Consulting