Why do old people usually make unnessescary sudden stops when traffic is moving?

Question

Why do old people usually make unnessescary sudden stops when traffic is moving?

Answer 1

I do it whenever someone in an SUV drives too close to my bumper.  I could watch the face of one of them as she careened from one side of the road to the other.  Bet she thought she was going home to Jesus; and I bet she won't tailgate again for a long time!

Answer 2

the answer is because their reaction time is not as quick as it used to be and neither are their reflexes.

Answer 3

Heart attacks?

Answer 4

Poor Vision, Bad hearing, & the desire NOT to get into any accidents.   You'll be there, someday, hopefully.

Answer 5

Because their reflexes are no longer up to par like the younger generation of drivers. They think they are being more cautious by breaking before anyone else, but that is when most accidents are caused.

Answer 6

Engineers have devoted considerable study to expressway traffic, and they've concluded that there's a compelling psychological principle that causes the traffic to stop--namely, the fear of flaming death. Here's what happens.  In theory, given the old rule about maintaining one car length ahead of you for each ten miles per hour driving speed, the capacity of a single lane of expressway is 40 cars per minute (2,400 per hour) at 60 MPH. In practice, however, drivers instinctively begin to slow down at loads higher than 25 cars per minute (1,500 per hour). At 33 cars per minute (2,000 per hour), average speed drops to 35 MPH.

At this critical juncture, drivers are jumpy, and they'll slam on the brakes at the slightest provocation--anything from an accident or a stall to a couple extra cars trying to merge into traffic at an on-ramp. The first guy slows down a little, the second guy slows down a lot, and the third, fourth, or fifth guys may stop altogether, bringing traffic to a halt. That's why you almost never find smoothly flowing expressway traffic at speeds below 35 MPH--it's usually stop-and-go, or, at best, speed-up-and-slow-down-quick.

It also explains why relatively minor increases in traffic volume, such as those caused by mass transit strikes or fare increases, can cause chaos on the highways.

Answer 7

because "they're falling and they cant get up"

Answer 8

Their reflexes are slower, they can barely see over the steering wheel, and they have nowhere important to be. We'll be there one day.

Answer 9

Because we see things you don't. And don't take me to task because most of them are imaginary. We have to wait for the pink elephants to cross the street.

Answer 10

They forgot how to drive.