I don't know if this man felt he had the right to pull out in front of me; I think he was out of it, if you know what I mean. He was driving erratically and I think he was totally unaware that I was even there. My late senior friend George, God bless him, would use his lawn tractor like a car. He drove up and down the busy main street here in Canal Fulton. He felt because he was driving on the side of the road that it was ok. He couldn't control his truck any more but he could still control his tractor and he wouldn't allow anyone to stop him. Eventually he did stop because he lost all feeling in his legs and feet and enough people told him that he was liable to kill someone else and not just himself. He died a few years ago at age 92 but he was still driving that tractor when he was in his late 80's.
There is a home here for the disabled and we have to be extra cautious when driving because some of the tenants of that home ride their motorized wheel chairs on the side of the road. I saw one today cut across the parking lot of a strip center and I have to really watch because kids drive like maniacs in that parking lot. This guy cut across some cars that were pulling in line to get their cars washed and he did not have a high flying flag on his wheel chair. There's no way I would've been able to see him in my rear view mirror w/out that orange flag to alert me. It scared me to death to watch him.
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