Why are old people slow drivers?

I had road rage earlier because these old people were driving very slow...This is not the only time it happend, every slow driver i meet is old. Also when they are at the cashier, they spend like an hour counting their money. They should be retired and rich.

Public Comments

1. because theyre trying to take in and savor every second of their almost ending lives.. i know its not true, but thats how i like to look at it :)
2. Everything on them is slow, thus driving is slow too. Be patient. Karma is a bitch and one day when you are an old geezer someone will be mean to you too.
3. How old are you now? You can answer all your questions when you get to the point like them. So try to figure out what will happen to you also when you get old.
4. maybe cause they BEEN THERE N DONE THAT!!!! and you are just afraid you aint gonna get there ????
5. How do you think we lived long enough to GET old?
6. The reason is they know they are at the end of there short lifetime and they are scared to die. So they take extra percautions to stay away from accidents.
7. They're old. They've earned the right to be as slow as they need to be. How's it gonna feel when you're old and can't move along like you're 20 anymore and some young person gets pissed off at you for it?
8. Because they have been on the planet long enough to know they aren't immortal. I wish I would have listened to some of these "old" people when I was 16--might not have wrecked two cars and paid hundreds of dollars in fines!!! (16 was a long time ago for me, by the way.)
9. as people get older they become much more cautious but bad drivers. they are also afraid of speed now even though you know at one point they were just like you so have Patience and just move over to the next lane.
10. Cuz back in there day they rode the horse "uphill" both ways in the middle of a blizzard. So there only used to riding at about 12 mph on a suburban side street. But hey just chill out because those old people are gonna be replaced by us.
11. Carry on like that my friend and I guess you won't live long enough to find out. Its speed that kills.
12. Just smarter, I guess.
13. we got that way from listening to more experienced drivers. the saying is very true: there are old drivers, and bold drivers....but no old and bold drivers. we already had our little fling with speed and what not....but we survived to learn from our mistakes, and had to find out the hard way what happens if u dont show the road some respect. i highly suggest u grow up and start showing respect. the road will show none, and it will easily get a squid like u killed. usually the title of squid is bestowed on nooby rice rocket 'riders'...but i call anyone who drives recklessly a squid. u fit the definition. road rage is another form of recklessness; u dont bother to fully find out why we are driving slow. u are the type to pass on a double yellow apparently. i dont think u are going to live long enough to even get to our age.
14. Aw, poor baby is feeling abused. STOP SPEEDING! GET OFF THE CAFFEINE! You may then live to be one of the people you complain about. Otherwise, like far too many younger people, you will be dead or paralyzed from a car accident. Road ragers are very dangerous to everybody, not just themselves, and they tend to kill innocent people, like mothers with children.
15. I hope you live to be an old person and think back to how stupid you were for asking this question. It's hurtful and shows no respect for the elderly. You should be ashamed of yourself.
16. I GUESS THAT THEY LIKE SEEING HOW MUCH ALL OF THE YOUNGER DRIVERS OUT THERE ARE SO IMPATIENT AND DONT ENJOY LIFE. 15 to 20 year-old drivers are the highest risk group for a fatal crash? Seventy percent of fatalities in this age group involve the use of alcohol. Night driving statistics are even worse: Young drivers average about 20 percent of their driving at night – yet they account for more than 50% of all nighttime crash fatalities! Of that 50+ percent, 21% of those involved were intoxicated by alcohol.
17. It's terrible they do my head in, Learner drivers are bad as well, I was behind 3 of them the other day,all in a row I was ready to hang myself
18. Just to annoy the next generation plus we oldies want to live long enough to annoy our children when they have children.We use cash, at times, instead of plastic and I find most of the time at the checkout is the young whipper snappers trying to make change. Now, that's a hoot when I have to help them figure out how many coins and bills to give me back for a $20.
19. the reason old people take so long in the check out line, is because when they use cash, the young checkers don't know how to make change, and if you take tome to look around, when you get where you are going, all of those cars that you passed, are right there with you. they catch up with you at ever stop signal, and they spend less money at the gas pump, because they aren't blowing it out their exhaust to get to the next Stop light. we have all gone through what you are going through now, and these are the things that we have learned, by taking the time to notice what I have just stated.