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Wind Raven's avatar

It's been around for a long time. Young drivers hit older people more than young people.

Older drivers hit kids more than older people.

Both will say something along the line..."They just jumped out...never had time to stop".

Though in reality they didn't jump out and there was plenty of time to see them, avoid hitting them or able to stop. We tend not to see who we are not around.

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Eunice  Farmilant's avatar

As a fellow senior, albeit having ten years extra to practice being invisible, I invoke a bit more attention because I walk with a cane. People do glance my way and sometimes offer to help. Generally, when I am thumping my way across the Walmart parking lot trying to look springy and active. I also frequently am offered assistance when I return to my vehicle, electric cart overflowing with food and household supplies.

Curiously, they often raise their voices, as if being handicapped makes you death when I got around in a wheelchair a few years back people always talked to me as if I was perhaps a bit mute or maybe retarded .

I think the lack of extended families and the tendency to ship grandma off to a nursing home may be the underlying cause. We are a forgotten segment of society--far easier to ignore than to try and engage with, and some even resent our receiving entitlements. Besides, texting has replaced conversing so these younger, somewhat self centered individuals don't really talk to anyone that much now. 🙄

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