Stafford Police are reporting that Claire Ganacarz, 81 of Manahawkin, was driving south on Nautilus Drive near Riptide Ave when her 2016 Chevy Cruz left the roadway at a turn in the road and struck a 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe parked on the shoulder.
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81 years old take her driving license away already.
At the very least why cant we retest drivers every 5 years starting at 65 years old.
Bc they’d rather raise our rates every 6 mos
I agree with you Paul! Hell, I’ll go retest again now to get the ball rolling.
Nicole Özgül i agree….
Complete roadside test like the teenagers do.
I think 70 then test every 5 yrs. Between the 80+ yr old drivers and the reckless speeders roads have become even more dangerous.
Vera Auriemma don’t forget the texters
Jesse Raee Pasztornyicky
LMFAO at all you idiots!
Here’s a copy and paste from the government’s website.
“The risk of motor vehicle crashes is higher among 16-19-year-olds than among any other age group. In fact, per mile driven, teen drivers ages 16 to 19 are nearly three times more likely than drivers aged 20 and older to be in a fatal crash”
Keep in mind, this age group had just been tested within the last 5 years!
Danny Scarpati ok “idiot”, but most of the cars into buildings, running pedestrians over on the sidewalk, hitting parked cars, or something like today up north, not following cones and signs set up and driving into a ditch is mostly old, OLD PEOPLE
No, that’s what you choose to report on.
The statistics are pretty clear, they are in print. If you don’t believe me look it up for yourself.
A 19 year old loses control and goes into the woods is not newsworthy.
We can’t get people to chant retest retest retest so we don’t report on it.
Thank you! Gotta love the inevitable choir of IDIOTS, who say shit like that as if only elderly people have car accidents. But white people don’t commit crimes & trump is a god in their world too, so all things considered….
Wow, couldn’t get through that post without making it political could we?
You do know, he is YOUR president
So Trump made that 81 year old crash?
God damn you Donald Trump!!!!!!!
Shut the fuck up stupid
Just by calling everybody an idiot, shows the type of person you are idiot
Daniel Lotito I wasn’t calling everybody an idiot, just the ones who jump on the driver retesting bandwagon.
Let’s retest 20 year olds.
Ignorant comment. I don’t know what part of jersey you live in, but the worst accidents are caused by the elderly. I’m not saying kids don’t drive like shit, they do, but at least their eyes work and they can see over the steering wheel.
I’m not sure if you guys are in Tom’s river but just the other day an elderly women was driving the wrong day down rt 571 for a good 30 seconds before she pulled over. Let me know when you see 20 year olds pulling shit like that.
I’m 23 I driven almost 500,000 miles under my belt not one accident or even close call. It don’t matter what age you are in my opinion
Worst accidents?
You should consult the statistics on deadly accidents.
I guess the worst accidents are fatalities correct?
Yep, young males hold a trophy for that category also.
This is hilarious. I’m on the road all the time. I see a blue license plate and it’s an old person driving dangerously slow, hitting there breaks constantly, turning with no signal or swerving all over the road. The elderly are the most dangerous and I bet they cause a ton of accidents with out actually being in them
Daniel Lotito no one is attacking you and I commend you for being to able to drive 228.3 miles per day 7 days a week in your driving career without an accident however, that does not alter the Statistics.
Daniel Lotito 500,000 in 6 years? Lol. What’d you do. Get a driving job like 6 months ago?
Young people cause accidents because they’re stupid and don’t pay attention at all. They’re constantly distracted. Old folks get into accidents because as you age your reaction time drops severely and your mind starts to fog. You can ticket and fine young people into driving better. There’s no where else to turn but revoking licenses of old drivers.
You obviously do not live in an area that has several senior citizen developments. Almost every accident in this area is due to an elderly driver. We, in Toms River, have had our share of “fatal” accidents caused by elderly drivers. Retesting at a certain age is not unreasonable.
Danny Scarpati I agree but the problem is the 16-19 yr olds don’t have the experience to be on some of these highways and can be preoccupied while driving. The 80 yr olds reflexes aren’t there anymore and they can get we easily
Per capita in ocean county has the highest number of retirees in the state. So when someone from this area says we need driver retesting, it’s because the most amount of accidents are from the 65 and up group. Cant compare this area to the national average.
Lou Amato post up the statistics.
I’m pretty sure you don’t want me to find them for you.
I will start you out, the national average is 37.8 years old.
Ocean county is not much higher at 42.3 years old.
So yes ocean county is slightly older than the rest of the country on average.
I also know what the accident rate is per age for Ocean County.
I will let you find out on your own as it is a good lesson to look up the statistics before you post.
I’m sorry but we need to start retesting drivers after a curtain age….driving is a privilege not a right
Not driving tests though. Reaction speed and motor skills tests.
Erik Dollman in order to get you license they test your driving skills they make you drive and parallel park lol
Brianna Molinelli
Starting at 65 or whenever the govt will pay your healthcare, reaction speed and motor skills tests should be mandatory annually
Distance perception and attention span as well. Everything changes as you get older. Very scary for those of us that will admit this, even worse for those who deny any changes in their abilities. I wholeheartedly agree that at a certain age everyone needs to be retested for their capability to continue to drive safely. This person is 81years old and lost control of her car on a turn. She needs to be retested, what if it was a busy highway, or there was someone near the car that she struck?
starting at 25
Rick Rinaudo you started losing motor skills and reaction time at 25?
was she able to finish texting
Poor owner of the Hyundai. Itll be totaled and its worth 2k. Older maintained cars are worth way more to the owner than what market value is.
So true
Yes…there is definitely no need to re-evaluate elderly drivers*
*sarcasm
I think they should do driving test on people over the age of 65 every year. Was this a medical thing also?