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Crap Cycling & Walking in Waltham Forest
Saturday, 27 June 2009
Nowhere is safe
The driver, who ‘lost control’, was
89 years old
.
Under the current system, designed to get as many people driving as possible, the only person who has to verify that a driver older than 75 is fit to drive is… the driver.
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