The first
time an idiot bumped into him while he was at a standstill at a red light.
The second
time he backed up into an idiot at a standstill behind him.
My father
had realised, that he was in the wrong lane and wanted to reverse to be able to
cross to the correct lane. He hadn’t seen the car behind him. Fortunately there
was only little damage.
He came to
me to have me help him fill in the insurance papers.
“Had he talked to the people in the other
car?”. He had. It was a married couple from Germany. “Or at least the woman was German. He didn’t know if the man was also
German, but he knew that they were married, because it was only the woman
talking.”
We filled
in the papers. I was in contact with the insurance agent. No problem. My father
has driven a car for many years without any accidents – until recently. It
could be pure chance, but it could also be old age setting in. And, of course,
now that he has retired, he spends more time on the roads.
I have seen
that the government has introduced a plan to keep the elderly on the labour
market for a longer time. Up to the age of 67 in some cases. It must be a long
overdue realisation that it’s safer to have them on the labour market than on
the roads.
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