Philip

[DTCwordfan]

BBC News - the D of Edinburger in a car crash near Sandringham

,his R-Rover overturned, uninjured but what the hell is a 98 year old man doing driving.....I don't care if he is in the royal family

[hereIam]

Poor bloke that would be very scary for him. I should imagine he will now no longer drive on the roads, but he doesn't really have to anyway, there's always someone who'll drive him. 97 is definitely too old to be driving, imo.

[tamborine]

He will & can drive!

[spathiphyllum]

My man ALREADY has a new land rover after colliding with another car and having to be pulled out of his own vehicle.

[spathiphyllum]

"A statement from Norfolk Police about the incident, read: "The driver of the Kia, a 28-year-old woman, suffered cuts to her knee while the passenger, a 45-year-old woman, sustained a broken wrist."

After they collided with Prince philip, but these injuries are apparently simply "minor" even though both cars rolled and philip had to be dragged out of the car.

[New Judge]

"...but these injuries are apparently simply "minor" "

But they are minor injuries, spathi. The collision seemed quite violent but thankfully nobody was seriously hurt, I don't quite know what your point is.

[spathiphyllum]

My point is, i think philip should have offered to help out the other party involved in the accident.
I'm sure they weren't 97.
A broken wrist can easily escalate, and if the person is old, may never heal.

If philip broke his wrist, it would never heal really.

[ludwig]

I've seen a car roll over a few times and everyone get out ok. If everyone's wearing seat belts it can be ok.

No way should he be driving though.

[bhg481]

I'm fascinated by the fact that there are so many AB users who are familiar enough with Prince Phillip's driving to know that's he's no longer fit to drive.

[spathiphyllum]

IE, instead of getting a brand new car delivered to him hours later, maybe he should take some time to think about why they crashed.. To be fair though by now he's probably forgotten.

[spathiphyllum]

bhg all you need to be familiar with, is the driving of a 97 year old.

I forgot royalty affected compos mentis-.- smack me in the face if this was ANY other 97 year old, license would be gone forever.

[spathiphyllum]

I made a funny joke earlier that was removed.. I don't think it should have. It di not break Site Rules in any way possible.


Who is driving brexit? Seems like the duke of Edinburgh...

[spathiphyllum]

should have been Feels like * not seems like

Who is driving brexit? Feels like the duke of Edinburgh...

[bhg481]

I can't say that I've ever seen a 97-year old driving but I have seen 20-year olds and 40-year olds driving and some of them haven't impressed me. Are all old drivers the same? Have you ever had an accident?

[spathiphyllum]

I've never had an accident (touch wood) and i understand most of the time, accidents aren't your fault.

However, when one of the drivers is 97, it begs to question.. Why are they on the road?

Check this out:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24204489

You have to remember, less data for 97 year old drivers because .. well .. there is only about 3 of em!

[spathiphyllum]

Being old affects mobility, reaction times, your compos mentis.. Bring those to a country road in a metal tin going 60 down a lane just big enough for the vehicle, there is no surprise he collided with someone else.

I wish we had more info, IE, it must be someones fault!

[bhg481]

You're making the mistake of believing that all people age at the same rate.both mentally and physically. It doesn't happen that way.

[spathiphyllum]

no but at 97 you're not just getting into the swing of life are ya.. Let be real!

[New Judge]

"Being old affects mobility, reaction times, your compos mentis.. Bring those to a country road in a metal tin going 60 down a lane just big enough for the vehicle, there is no surprise he collided with someone else."

But he didn't do that. Read the report properly and take notes. It strikes me you don't like the idea of 97 year olds being allowed to drive. I don't like the idea of 17 year olds being allowed to do so either but sometimes you have to put up with things you don't like.

Collisions like this happen hundreds of times a day across the country. It seems (though we don't know for sure) that the Duke made an error. But so do thousands of other drivers every year.

[spathiphyllum]

NJ, fine by me. Raise the age to 21. Then, 21 year olds will be just as bad as 17 year olds cus they've no experience.

At 17 the risk of mind being not stable, is a LOT less than at 97.

seriously.

[bhg481]

At 17 the risk of being a hothead driver, is a LOT more than at 97.