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Exactly two weeks after Diane Schuler's fateful wrong way drive and crash on the Taconic left eight people dead, a woman was pulled over after driving across the Tappan Zee Bridge in the wrong direction. The 75-year-old woman from Irvington made it two miles across the bridge to the Rockland County side before being stopped by state troopers. She told that them that she was aware that she had been driving the wrong way, but kept going because she thought there would be a place to make a U-turn. The woman had even gone through the tolls in the wrong direction—the TZ toll lanes have no arm to block her. She ended up driving in the wrong direction from the Westchester side after she accidentally entered the off-ramp from the highway, missing her exit to get on the Major Deegan Expressway. Police ticketed her for improperly entering a highway, driving in the wrong direction and reckless driving. The incident took place ominously close to where Schuler's deadly drive went haywire, accidentally getting on the Saw Mill Parkway in Tarrytown before heading back toward the Taconic.
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She was probably drunk & high.
There should be an age at which you have to retake the driving test (both written and the in-person skills test) to keep your license. Not that it would have helped in this case, but I can't tell you how many 70+ people I have to dodge regularly on the streets and highways of this nation who should have their licenses revoked but still keep on endangering people every day.
Driving is a human right that the govt trys to limit to control out freedom. Your imprisoned and going to starve to death in your home in this country without a car.
And how old are you? There are taxis, public transportation and oh yeah, family, friends neighbors. Believe me, no one would let you starve. Your local Council on aging, or Elder affairs office should have lists. Or your church. If you are taking such personal offense to it, than you must fall in that category.
Funny, I never owned a car, never wanted one. Haven't starved yet.
Driving is a privilege, not a right.
I totally agree with you, with age your sight & reflexes are never the same.
The real scary part of this story is that the Editor and the reporter and the proofer let the sentence "The incident took plays ominously close to where Schuler's deadly drive went haywire" slip by unnoticed.
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Wrong Way, idiot!
A tell tale sign that she is getting too old to drive. I think it's time to give up the car.
Unbelievable. It's apparently NOT just Massachusetts that these elderly drivers who have NO business being behind the wheel of a car are still being allowed to drive. "She told that them that she was aware that she had been driving the wrong way, but kept going because she thought there would be a place to make a U-turn." Where in the hell on the Tappan Zee bridge is anyone going to make a frickin U-turn??? Testing for anyone over the age of 70 needs to be made FEDERAL so that more innocent people don't potentially get hurt.
To be fair, it's not just the elderly who are a danger behind the wheel. People of all ages are terrible, period. You can get your first license at 18 and keep it in for the next six decades without so much as another test. It's just way too easy to get a license in this country and way too hard to lose it.
At 85, my Grandad — a supersmart, responsible, and stubborn guy with a impeccable lifelong driving record — would not give up his license, even though we would visit him at his retirement community and catch him driving on the wrong side of the street at 10 miles an hour. One day, he took the porch off a house (no one home, luckily) and the law took his license away. I agree about the federal testing.
P{lease tell me that they did not ticket her and then let her drive away. Unbelievable.
Maybe the DOT should consider installing spike strips on highway off-ramps/on-ramps...the kind that only slash your tires if you try to drive over them the wrong direction... like at airport parking lots.
I wonder if the DOT has actually checked these on and off ramps to ensure that they are properly marked so that drivers do NOT make this mistake again.
Was she on her way to the Country Kitchen Buffet?
I never knew there was a right way to drive across the Tappan Zee Bridge.