Cell phone video captured the moments when an elderly driver drove an SUV 60 yards down a main corridor of the South Shore Plaza mall in Braintree, Massachusetts. WBTS’s Diane Cho reports.
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She was driving slowly so it’s unlikely to be malicious and that dangerous. A good lesson to malls that even a simple cone is needed to prevent things like this.
The mall should replaced the pole immediately that allows drivers to know that vehicles aren’t allowed past that point.
This is a prime example of why old people should have to test their mental acuity to keep their licenses. I mean a lot of people are already stupid, then they get old and confused… Making them even more stupid! The only reason people didn’t die is because old people go too slow.
‘we’re lucky no one got hurt” ancient lady avoids running over her own kind.
Happens all the time in Grand Theft Auto..she gets 5 stars
South Shore…where? I know of at least three states that have a South Shore, which is it?
Newswriters have become very lax in identifying city, state, and even country when giving location descriptions (so are many websites)! My second grade teacher made it clear to us that a complete report or set of directions gives enough context that a visitor could find the place on a map, if need be.
The stupidity just never ceases to amaze…..
Too old to drive at a certain age you need to be retested
This is exactly why south park made that episode about old people driving
a dealership I ran years ago got to display cars in the local mall. I always got a giggle driving through the mall (after hrs). reminded me of the blues brothers movie.
Take her license before she ends up in a Pizza Hut next.
This is why I’ve always said at age 65 you should start having to re-take your drivers test yearly. Once you start to decline, it happens incredibly quickly. I’ve worked in an assisted living facility and half the residents, even some into their 90s were still driving. There ain’t no way all of them still had the capacity to drive. So dangerous!
And yet 65 seems so young to me. My grandmother is turning 93 next month.
@Plaztique 65 is retirement/Medicare age
@Phoenix Flowers It still isn’t that old imo. People over 70 & 75 even still work. Our president is almost 80 years old.
@Plaztique it really depends on the individual. Some people may be fine driving into their 90s or beyond. But realistically the average life expectancy in the US is 78 and studies have shown that cognitive decline actually begins in your 50s and this worsens as you age. Of course, it can be much more rapid depending on the person and genetics. But I think given that information, age 65 is a fair age to start testing regularly to make sure people are still capable to driving.
i think at 50 drivers should get test yearly or every other year to keep license
who told her they have drive thru malls now? 🤔
“Is this the parking lot?”
“Ma’am you’re on the second floor of a shopping mall.”
“You mean this isn’t Country Kitchen Buffet?”
We’re all blaming age for this, maybe she was just drunk. It is Mass.
woman
White privilege
Nice fingernails!!
Hahaha that’s so hilarious. I wanna be like that ol lady. They see me Rollin hahaha
Old lady in the car: is this the supermarket?
Everyone should be tested more often and public transit should be more accessible and readily available for those who don’t drive.
I’m sorry but at a certain age you shouldn’t be allowed to drive anymore.
That’s it! Grandma needs stop driving asap!… it could it been worst!.. thank God it wasn’t!
Poor lady all she wanted was a happy meal! 😁😁
😂 mrs Magoo
Drive through malls probably not gonna catch on !
Just another reason to start mandatory driver’s license testing at 70.
I don’t think a car driving in the mall is crazier than a shooting
I worked at a car dealership and we advertised at the local mall. I’ve had the privilege of driving a car through the mall but we had permission 😂.
female drivers…if you don’t like thier driving, get off the sidewalk
If she was that confused, she needs her license stripped immediately.
Are people getting dumber?
more crazy than a shooting? She was barely moving.
Well in the states you just don’t look out for young people with guns. It seems you should also look out for older people driving a car inside a mall. It just shows that STUPIDITY in the states is getting rampant covering all ages. If an elderly person is not able to tell were is the correct path for the car, that person should no longer be allowed to drive. Or maybe we can wait for an innocent bystander to die before you should think about changing rules on how a person gets to have a drivers license.
Poor lady she probably has some kind of dementia
South park did this in a episode already, be afraid everyone. They’re out there , and they’re driving a 2 ton missel on wheels
She have no business driving take her license
Mandatory driving test every 7 years should be good to prevent elderly or terrible negligible drivers from being on the streets. Like it won’t prevent many from driving still but it will definitely help prevent at least 20% of the people that shouldn’t be on the road.
Making the test every 3 years would be such a hassle if you think that’s a good idea. It’s not.
But every 7 years from the time you got your license or when you have just renewed a license, you’ll take the driving test.
Seems like a better deal to me.
Made my hands go numb seeing that
Ha oh wow
Thats a actually a good idea, a mall where you can drive through and pick up your merchandise
Didn’t they use to revoke the elderly folks licenses? Over 75 or so? Jeez
Getting old isn’t for sissy’s. 2 days ago,an elderly man backed up his car from the parking lot into the entrance of a Whole Foods by my place. Luckily no one was hurt. But i don’t think we should wait for someone to get hurt before we screen elderly drivers.
Omg! Ya’ll if you’re too elderly to recognize a mall entrance, please please! 🙏 for crying out loud, stop driving!
Confused??? They need to take her license, it’s time
Unfortunately, they need to start moderating the elderly when it comes to driving. The difficult thing is it’s so Essential to drive in America because our public transportation is terrible. We’ve built everything around people having the ability to drive themselves.
I’m not to sound racist but I guessed that It was white person
Straight out of South Park
This is why south park took away their licenses. Sorry Margaret this is not the Country kitchen buffet
Curbside pickup
I feel like the government should partner up with Uber or Lyft to offer rides to elderly people. Thankfully my father insurance does cover like 12 rides per year to get to places , I really don’t want him to drive at all.
This reminds me of the old people in south park. 😆
At the mall I saw an elderly man park his car and I realized he was parked in the lane used to navigate to the upper decks of the parking garage. I stopped him and pointed it out. I explained that his car could get towed. He thanked me for showing him and he moved his car in to an actual parking space.
Not Just Bikes is going to have a field day with this one
she heard there was a sale at a craft store
She should never be allowed to drive for the rest of her life.
Revoke that license
Go easy on her, this is something Joe Biden would do and he’s leader of the free world.
I always said after 70 nobody should serve as politician, judge or have a driver’s license dont argue on this unless you spend a lot of time around people older than 70.
Oh man… not all elderly people, but certainly many need to get their driving privilege’s taken away. Like someone else said, they should start testing elderly people annually after a certain age. I love to drive, I hope that privilege is never stripped from me as long as I live, but if I fail a basic driving test that would deem me unsafe to operate a motor vehicle, no matter what age I am, by all means, strip me of my license until I test well. I like driving, but I’d like to keep the public safe more.
Southpark literally have an episode about this.
Take her incense away.
She took curbside pickup to the next level.
She didn’t want to use her walker that day.
Jackie Chan would love this
Where was Matthew McConaughey and why wasn’t he protecting the Lincoln?
Idiots shouldn’t have a license. This calls for DMV universal background check.
Boomer gona boom
If someone does that as a mistake, they shouldn’t be driving. Imagine if she had sped and dived off the second story.
👵” Hello, I’m your Uber driver or is it Lyft? Either way, the GPS shows I’m to pick you up here, uhm are we really on the 2nd floor!” 🤔
CAW-NAW!
Drive through shopping!
revoke her license now
What driving school u go to?
Seriously I’m sorry but she needs her license ripped up..there needs to be re testing for certain ages..when I was younger an old lady ran over my bike and almost me and pretended like nothing happend
Imagine if she went zooming through killing people smh 🤦♀️
going 50mph inside a shopping mall? 😂
Well now, it is time the government started banning the use of vehicles by private citizens…you know just to keep everyone feeling safe and to reduce the amount of hand wringing. After all, in Mass. the government wants only police to have firearms so why not limit vehicle possession to cops only? Makes sense to me. People need to FEEL safe.
And this is why after a certain age your abilities should be checked again before you are able to drive.
I think this was just a simple “made the wrong turn” and “kept driving to find exit” case.
A whole new level of “window shopping!” 😂
Not news. Already done on the Blues Brothers.
No the 2nd floor
How did she get in???
bruh they literally said it in the video
If we are going to have age restrictions/requirements for driving and or for certain jobs (see the proposed age restriction on air plan pilots) ,then you shouldn’t trust 85% of the politicians that make the laws for everyone.
It becomes age discrimination when you pick and choose the field and or reason for not allowing a person to do something. If you don’t trust a 65+ year old person to drive cars and or to fly airplanes then we need to apply that same logic to these politicians, and other job fields as well.
I am neither for nor against it….it’s just food for thought…
Dude WTF. There needs to be age limits to drive. I think people should have to pass a driving test every year after they turn 65.
Thank God no one was hurt🙏🏾✝️
Licenses need to be revoked to the elderly
I gave up my Class A CDL at 65 because of my night vision and reduced reaction time. And when I feel it’s time I will give up my Class C as well. There is no excuse for this. I would be so embarrassed I would sell my vehicle. I did not enjoy taking my Mother’s car from her, but I love my Mother, so I did. Just as as my Daughter will if I don’t stop on my own when it is time.
everybody always so nice and helpful when it’s white folks … I hate to think what the scene would have been like had she been black … dragged out of the car, tased, and cuffed, if not shot
Let’s revoke her license and file a medical evaluation to keep her license. Something has to be off for you to continue to drive through mall doors
😆
This reminds me of the South Park episode where everyone elderly person in town was driving at the same time
Yall white folks are wild.
I’ve seen Raza do worse
Women drivers
She craved a burrito…
No one even points out in the comments shootings are so routine the woman even had experience of that
Shout out to the construction workers and engineering to the flooring of this architecture to be able to hold a car.
Wow…this is just like in the episode of South Park “Grey Dawn” 😂
Bruh 😭😂
In British Columbia they started requiring medical tests as my dad got older. I can’t remember the age but there was no cost to the driver and it makes so much sense. We had an older driver in our town here in NH and I saw her trying to find her way out of the Staples parking lot. It was a disaster and I worried about how she would find her way home if she couldn’t find the exit.