Stew’s Brain

Ok I told myself I wouldnt rant too much, I prefer informative discussions than just quarelling. But right now I am a little ticked off…

About a week ago I met in an accident with a guy. Now this … guy (I am trying to refrain from cursing) through his dumbness and obvious visual impairment has caused me to run into his back, and yes I have eyewitness’ who say that it was obviously his fault, but unfortunately the Jamaican law is on his side (once you run up in somebody’s back you are wrong no questions asked).

So there is a small accident, nothing more than a fender bender. I am already pissed cause he is costing me money which should’ve gone towards more important things. This man keeps bothering me to find him the 19k (amount for body work) and saying I am giving him the runaround even though I gave him an address which he verified and about 3 different contact numbers for me. I must say that if I get another phone call from this guy before the end of today, I will personally go over to his house and tell him words that would make any “badman” flinch.

Where the hell does he expect me to find that kind of money in less than a week, do I look like a relative of Mr. Lee Chin or other rich Jamaicans?

Anyway as I said before I dont want to make my blog be all about rants etc. The final reason why I wanted to make this post is just to say that old people (60+ years old), either need to stay off the damn road or get a lane for themselves. I am tired of these people who are obviously not fit to drive causing problems for the rest of us. For a person to be able to drive safely he must have, Good Sight, Good Reflexes and be Sane. I am sorry to say but when you reach a certain age, those things more than likely decline.

Quoting from the dehli traffic police webpage (http://www.delhitrafficpolice.nic.in/old-age-and-driving.htm) “Older drivers are involved in more fatal car crashes per miles driven than any other age group except teenagers. Drivers over the age of 75 years also have more traffic violations and nonfatal collisions than younger drivers. Two of the most common violations, failure to yield the right of way and failure to obey a traffic sign, often lead to accidents at intersections where situations require a quick response, full peripheral vision, and interaction with other drivers.”

Now I am not saying that all 60+ year old people need to be taken off the road, some of you are actually good drivers and still have your body mostly intact. But those of you who dont (and you know yourselves) need to give up your license and get somebody to drive you around, you are not only a danger to yourselves but to others as well.

So people once you start forgetting the reason why you started driving out of the house in the first place, please stop go back into the house (before you get too far) and hang up the car keys and burn your license.