From There to Here

Not even more than 12 hours after I finish this post about the need to test elderly drivers, The Boston Globe reports that this has happened.

An 83-year-old Malden man is facing charges of negligent operation after the 12:26 p.m. accident at Old Cambridge Road and Russell Street, said Woburn Police Sergeant Robert Giannotti. Police will also ask the Registry of Motor Vehicles to determine that the man is an immediate public safety threat and revoke his license.

Giannotti said the man and his 84-year-old wife were in a Toyota Camry that was coming out of Old Cambridge Road onto Russell Street. The car hit a Chrysler Sebring driven by a 78-year-old Woburn woman who was driving west on Russell. The collision was “not head-on but nearly head-on,” said Giannotti.

The Woburn woman was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital with life-threatening injuries. The Malden couple were taken to the Lahey Clinic in Burlington. Giannotti didn’t have any information on their condition.

How many people are going to have to get injured before the legislature passes this through to the Governor? Please, let’s move this bill. I know elderly people vote, but this is becoming an epidemic that needs to be stopped.