Woman, 77, crashes SUV into parked car, front porch
BEAVERTON, Ore. – A 77-year-old woman crashed her SUV into a parked car and then veered off the road and hit a home’s front porch Sunday afternoon, police said.
No one in the home was hurt.
It happened on 151st Avenue near Southwest Weir Road at around 12:30 p.m.
Police believe the driver pushed the gas pedal instead of the brake, causing the crash. She suffered a broken arm. Her name was not released.
Police did not issue any citations at the scene.
Time to pull the license, when you confuse the brake with the gas it is time to start walking or take the bus.
Posters here want seniors off the road. Â It will be interesting pay back to them when they are a senior and have their liciences taken away. Â If causing a wreck hurting no one applys here every driver especially drunks should have theirs taken away when they hit something driving permanently.
I think it is in poor tast this news site has to prominenty display age to encourage the put downs of older drivers. Â Most seniors drive fine.
Anyone who isn't fit to drive shouldn't. Seniors are a target due to the fact that for many their reflexes are slower and cognitive function can be slower. I have watched people park their car and leave it barely able to walk. How can they possibly react quickly, as is needed to be a good driver?
Brake? Gas pedal? Same diff., right Grandma?
On the bright side, she's off the road for awhile.
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@Dr. Rawdog   So, you are saying that EVERYONE over 55 should be barred from driving? They are considered "Seniors"!  Even airline pilots are not forced to retire until they are 65, and then, it is NOT because they are incompetent...only because someone set an arbatrary number that is inclusinve of all at that point.
@flyingtime Well there Are no "" Air brakes in a jet""
But good idea maybe they will work on that....
@flyingtime not only should they stop driving, they should stop working, it would fix the exorhberant unemployment levels
pers retiree  People 75 that are working are heros.  They obviously are in good shape and most likely need the income to survive.  They are not taking someone else's job away.  Unemployment isn't their fault.  Obviously a Pers retiree has money so you have no empathy for those that don't.  More obvioius is that you are a troll.
@flyingtime 55 - no. 75= yes. Absolutely.
Old people, like young people, should be put under supervision. Â I'm thinking we start with driving. Â Then maybe how they vote. Â Hehehehe.
@Benjamin Schniffle So should a lot in between.  Who has the time to run around supervising everyone.
That 77 year old was rockin some bling.
Perhaps car manufacturers need to produce cars for the elderly - the gas pedal would be on the left and the brake on the right. Â This type of car crash is happening every single day and the auto-makers have to get smart in order to keep making money...
Was she wearing a helmet? What about her seatbelt?
One pedal is tall and skinny, the other is short and wide, how dumb do you have to be to confuse the two?
BTW, this wouldn't happen if women weren't allowed out of the kitchen where they belong. ;)
I take a great risk to click "like", my wife is around :) .Â
I partly agree with your comment, it depends on how good the wife can cook. If you eat my daughter's meal or mine, you might change your mind.Â
@tptpttp I wouldnt say MY wife is a bad cook, but we pray AFTER, we eat.Â
@NGerblansky Bad man!! My guess is you are still single??
@boned @NGerblansky And mom will not let him the kitchen..
Unless you know this woman...lets forego the cuts saying she should be banned. I know a couple of 80 year old men that fly aerobatics at air shows...just because she's 77 doesn't mean she is an unsafe driver...on the other hand, I've seen 65 year olds that should not even be allowed to try to walk across the street by themselves. It could've been a medical condition, or swerving to avoid a dog or something, or just a panic attack. I'm sure the police will be more than happy to issue her a citation if they have the slightest indication she screwed up...I know one person that was involved in an accident, a single violation, they already said she would receive a citation, and it's been 3 weeks, the citation is still pending.
@flyingtime That fine you see older and younger elderly who can do cool stuff.  Here we have a 77 year old incompetent to drive and is only by God's grace that she didn't kill someone.  Bring your exceptions, and let's look at the norms.
@Benjamin Schniffle @flyingtime  I agree about the "norms", but there is nothing in the article that says she is an "incompetent" driver...that will be determined by a driving test, that she will have to take. And, I see elderly all the time that scare the heck out of me...they move so slowly that they would be a block past the accident before they could get thier foot on the brake...if they could keep it there...which MIGHT be what happened here. Just saying...most of these comments are just "opinions", and we all know what an opinion is...like an A**H***!.
I'm sure it was the cars fault. Better write up legislation banning SUV's.Â
...or, would that be 'high capacity vehicles'?
How fast was the porch going before the collision? Did the parked car have the right of way? Were any dogs present?
As one ages, the reflexes and response times DO change. A person of 50 will not have the dexterity of a person who is 25. However, that doesn't mean every older person should have their license removed or be treated like a hazard when they hit a certain age.. My Dad willingly gave up driving when he was only in his late 50's due to medical reasons. However, my grandmother drove a car until she was 83 with not a single accident or ticket ever nor even a self caused ding on her car (she had a little dent on a door of her last car from someone else). She only gave up driving because her health had taken a sudden turn and she passed 4 months later. Age does not determine capability. I do believe in testing  age 70 and over but just for the sake of precaution not because all drivers over 70 are bad ones. This woman probably made a mistake. We all make mistakes of some type including with our cars (I once misjudged backing up and hit my bumper on a cement half wall). I just hope, when we do make mistakes, that we are not spoken of as people on this forum have of this woman with such contempt and judgment.
@Kymberlie2873 I also can give examples of both good and bad drivers. But personally I think that everyone should get retested once in awhile.Â
@hokeywolf @Kymberlie2873 Well the daily road test is going on at I- 84 , I-205.
Oh and at the outlet stores around christmas..
@Kymberlie2873 ......thank you. A very well commented assessment. I hope others read it with the same intelligence as it was written.
I am glad nobody was Hurt, but she should have been cited for failing to control her vehicle, and she needs to be required to take some driver training refresher course's. It was a beautiful day today and the best part is this accident was Only property damage, imagine children playing out front on the patio/deck and the pain of loosing a child, let alone a driver's license.
It's just fine to bad-mouth older drivers, when, younger ones on cell phones are doing much more damage.  A lot of the big mouths on here who think the older drivers should get off the road will change their tune when they  reach that age.  That is, if they don't kill themselves or someone else before then because they are on a cell phone or high on something.Â
@Shadow There laws on cell phone not on old drivers (yet)
@Michael La @Shadow The laws on cell phone drives aren't working.  Do you wanat to be denied your driving priviledges when you get older and are competent to drive?
unfortunately a garden gnome is now listed as one casualty, having been run down and pinned under one of the tires. Â emergency responders tried desperately to glue him back together to no avail. funeral services are being held tomorrow at the resident's trash bin. (Rest In Pieces Gnobblebert, 2011-2013)
@Phuzz ......good one, still giggling !
Driving is a privilege and not a right. Older people only remember this when it comes to teen drivers but not themselves.Â
@Michael La Now if we could get the adults.on bikes to remember they are no longer teens.
@Ramona ......kudos for that one.
Reminds me of my mother.It came on gradually.Side swiping cars,slipping into the ditch.When she couldn't find her way home from church,she volunteered to hand over the car keys.
Iwas wondering what I might be doing 22 years hence...
Take away GRANNY CRUNCH's keys.
should have her license taken away, next time she might kill someone! and there will be a next time!
Wow this is a rare thing to happen to the advanced aged people. I think blind people should be able to drive as well, makes sense.Â
Why No Ticket ???
@Glenn Pierce ...they are called "accidents"
@Rob C 503 @Glenn Pierce ...actually, law enforcement and DMV now refer to them as 'collisions'. Specifically because very, very, very few of them are truly 'accidents'.Â
Even most insurance companies now refer to them as collisions.Â
@Rob C 503Â @Glenn Pierce Actually the police call them crashes now. Mainly because a true "accident" is very rare. Most crashes happen because somebody screwed up.Â
@Rob C 503 @Glenn Pierce IMO, just because it wasn't an "on purpose" doesn't give her a free pass to be reckless.
@Rob C 503 Losing control of her vehicle and crashing into a parked car and a house isn't evidence?
@Sundowner @Rob C 503 Or there could of been a medical reason making it just an accident that ended up breaking her arm in the first place. Kudos to PPB for NOT jumping to conclusions and instead, getting this senior citizen the medical attention she obviously needed. A citation can come later, immediate medical attention? Not so much.
@Sundowner ....yes, they can always issue a citation later. If KATU does a follow up then we'll know. I was just suggesting we not jump to conclusions.
@Rob C 503Â All we know at this point is that police "did not issue any citations at the scene". Â The poor woman suffered a broken arm and may have needed medical attention, in which case police can issue a citation at a later time. Â One way or the other, she hit a parked car and THEN hit the house. Â I'd call reckless -- I've never hit a parked car but then I kinda pay attention when driving.
@Sundowner if the police had seen any evidence of "reckless" driving one would think a citation would have been in order. But they didnt apparently deem it reckless, so neither should we since we didnt investigate the scene.