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We grow older, embrace change; it will happen
whether we like it or not.
(Personal note) We do not have to surrender. I was an
All-American wrestler. I am not that tough anymore but my intellect is
not that feeble either. We can engineer to accommodate our
abilities. Act ahead of events. We can deploy personal
mobility without George needing a car.
Oct 20, 2006, George Russell Weller was convicted
of killing 10 people in a Santa Monica, CA market. The 89 year old man
believed he was stepping on the brake when he press the accelerator and
drove his car injuring 70 people, killing 10.
Personal mobility is an integral part of being an
American. The failure to provide personal mobility regardless of
ability to drive is making criminals of some honest people and
segregating others into isolation.
Other Personal Mobility Examples
African Americans have the lowest car ownership of all racial and
ethnic groups in the country, the researchers say, with 19 percent
living in homes in which no one owns a car. That compares to 4.6
percent of whites in homes with no car, 13.7 percent of Latinos, and
9.6 percent of the remaining groups combined.
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2006/03/23_carownership.
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