Ever Want to Just Slap Somebody?

[shais_mom]

81 years old and still driving??? That's scary.

wth?
are you serious?
so when you turn 80 you aren't going anywhere? whose going to take you to the dr? whose going to take your cats to the vet? whose going to cart in your groceries? whose going to take you to the store? Your daughter? Your friends - your friends will be as old as you are!!!
my grandma was 88 when she died and she did ALL the driving for her and my grandpa -
my 86 year old grandma drives herself to water aerobics 3 times a week and can run circles around you AND me combined.
Well see what you think when you turn 80 Donna, and see if you are ready to throw in the towel and hand over your keys...

she wasn't the one that was dangerous in this situation - I'd rather someone drive slower than speeding down the road with a cell phone in one hand and a newspaper or map or laptop in the other -and yes I've seen it.
the stupid ingrate 19 year is the one that shouldn't be driving.

[Karen]

I'd not slap her. First, I would make sure whose ever children were in the car with her never are influenced by her ever again - whether they are hers or someone else's. That's NOT the kind of example that children need. And if she was beating up an old lady she doesn't know, chances are, she probably hits the kids, too.

I hope they checked the 19-year-old for her blood alcohol level or other "stimulants."

81 is not too old to drive if the person still can see well, and drive well. There are 61-year-olds that shouldn't be driving and 91-year-olds that are fine driving ... Great-Great Aunt Flora was furious when, at age 96, they told her she was restricted to only daytime driving because her eyesight was failing. "They" were right, but there was no telling HER that!

Back to Ms. Vasquez - no, I don't want to slap her. She'd just be expecting that, obviously. I would:

A. Yank her driver's license for ten years.
B. Sentence her to 3000 hours of community service doing something like picking up trash on the roadside.
C. Pay all that woman's medical bills - garnish any wages, sell her car, etc.
D. Find some way to give her a lesson on civility - preferably taught by someone much larger and stronger than she - as well as anger management.

[shais_mom]

B. Sentence her to 3000 hours of community service doing something like picking up trash on the roadside.

how's about making her do her community service in a nursing home where she's SUPERVISED feeding patients - transporting patients and wiping patients behinds.

now THAT would be a sweet revenge served just right.

[Medusa]

how's about making her do her community service in a nursing home where she's SUPERVISED feeding patients - transporting patients and wiping patients behinds.

now THAT would be a sweet revenge served just right.

Exactly! Better yet, I'd sentence her to being this woman's caregiver. Somehow, though, in my gut I feel that nothing is going to work w/this person. I don't like to appear cynical; I want to believe in my heart that everyone can be rehabilitated but given that this young girl is already a suspect in another crime, I think she's a rage-a-holic and won't stop until she commits a crime so heinous that the courts stop her by putting her in prison. She's too young to be that angry. Yes, she may have something in her own past that made her that way. I don't care. Nowadays there are support groups for everything. Got a hang nail? There's a support group for that. So she can avail herself of the help and support that's out there, if that is, indeed, the case. The attorneys often like to turn it around and make it seem like the perpetrator is the victim due to a horrendous childhood or whatever. I sure hope that doesn't happen here.

[Rachel]

Exactly! Better yet, I'd sentence her to being this woman's caregiver. .

Please give that some more thought.....from the victim's point of view. I couldn't imagine being attacked and then when I am in the vulnerable position of being incapacitated, being left to depend on the very person who attacked me. Noooooo....

[Medusa]

Please give that some more thought.....from the victim's point of view. I couldn't imagine being attacked and then when I am in the vulnerable position of being incapacitated, being left to depend on the very person who attacked me. Noooooo....

You've got a point there. I guess I was just thinking that she needs to see the pain that she caused and that she needed to be the one who rectifies it. But you're right, if I were the victim, I wouldn't want her anywhere near me.

[moosmom]

I edited my post. Staci, didn't mean to pi$$ you off or offend anyone. I forget that someday I'LL be 81. I'm glad the lady is okay and hope they throw the book at that kid for her smugness and disrespect.

[Catty1]

I forget that someday I'LL be 81.

I love optimists! I'm shooting for 83!

(sorry for the OT)

[Medusa]

I love optimists! I'm shooting for 83!

(sorry for the OT)

I'm shooting for triple digits, as long as I'm capable. I'm not old by any stretch but when I turned 60, it made me realize just how quickly those years flew by. If I blink, I'll be 80. My Dad lived to age 88 and he died in his sleep. I'm thinkin' I was born into the lucky gene club. No matter what age, though, it's important to take care of ourselves so that something like this doesn't happen to us. I would love to have read that the 81 year old woman jumped out of the car and kicked that snot's behind. This story made me decide to get back into kickboxing and I just bought a new bike today. Of course, it's raining and I can't ride it but I will!

[lizbud]

The older lady who was injured had surgery this morning. No word yet
on how she is doing. One thing is certain, she will be dealing with her
injuries for a long, long time. It's just so senseless.

[Rachel]

Back to Ms. Vasquez - no, I don't want to slap her. She'd just be expecting that, obviously. I would:

A. Yank her driver's license for ten years.
B. Sentence her to 3000 hours of community service doing something like picking up trash on the roadside.
C. Pay all that woman's medical bills - garnish any wages, sell her car, etc.
D. Find some way to give her a lesson on civility - preferably taught by someone much larger and stronger than she - as well as anger management.

Have to say the above is not going to satisfy me. This was a deliberate act of battery and from the extent of the victim's injuries, it deserves the maximum sentence. *Vasquez could be charged with felony battery and confinement, police said.* Sounds like this woman needs serious time locked up.

[phesina]

81 is not too old to drive if the person still can see well, and drive well. There are 61-year-olds that shouldn't be driving and 91-year-olds that are fine driving ...

And there are 19-year-olds that shouldn't be driving!