HRH Phil survives car crash

[Quickstatus]

Australia?

Ah, is transportation still on the criminal justice books?

Yarralumla has 100 acres or so?. Must be some off-roading there

 

[drron]

It’s a lot easier when sunroof is on the side

No worries.I can park it that way.

 

[Pushka]

I fit in to that age group and I object to the broad brush . Of course, I no longer have a wife to be dismissive of.

I expect a groveling apology

Grovel. I’ll expect there will be more.

 

[cove]

I think he will get another one exactly the same so he will know where all the controls are.

 

[OZDUCK]

He does seem to have some idiosyncratic ideas about personal safety just after a major crash. He apparently doesn't believe a seat-belt is useful. Police speak to Philip for not wearing seatbelt

 

[Pushka]

He does seem to have some idiosyncratic ideas about personal safety just after a major crash. He apparently doesn't believe a seat-belt is useful. Police speak to Philip for not wearing seatbelt

Given that seat belts were only introduced when he was maybe 65? I’m thinking he reckons they are new fangled technology. Mind you he probably drove when UK was being bombed during WW2 so maybe he’s not all that wrong.

 

[andye]

Given that seat belts were only introduced when he was maybe 65? I’m thinking he reckons they are new fangled technology. Mind you he probably drove when UK was being bombed during WW2 so maybe he’s not all that wrong.

He spent much of WW2 at sea. Not so good if a Destroyer ends up on its side

 

[AIRwin]

He apparently doesn't believe a seat-belt is useful. Police speak to Philip for not wearing seatbelt

You'd think he would have learned from the death of his former daughter-in-law...

 

[Pushka]

You'd think he would have learned from the death of his former daughter-in-law...

Yes, food for thought. I suspect he reckons he’s bullet proof.

 

[Scott K]

Yes, food for thought. I suspect he reckons he’s bullet proof.

Or on the contrary. He’s aware the writing is on the wall and has nothing left to lose. He has been through some bad health turns lately.

 

[amaroo]

Can you imagine how much a PITA this bloke would be to manage! I feel for the security staff that have to deal with the outcomes.

 

[Quickstatus]

I think he will get another one exactly the same so he will know where all the controls are.

It was delivered the very next day

 

[Quickstatus]

Or on the contrary. He’s aware the writing is on the wall and has nothing left to lose. He has been through some bad health turns lately.

Go out with a bang!. Live everyday as if it’s your last?

 

[Pushka]

Or on the contrary. He’s aware the writing is on the wall and has nothing left to lose. He has been through some bad health turns lately.

Go out with a bang!. Live everyday as if it’s your last?

Well he might take out someone else’s chance to live to his fine old age due to his selfishness. Drive on the estate by all means but he should not be able to drive on public roads given his complete indifference to others safety and his own recklessness and complete disregard for the road laws. Add on his age and associated reaction time and it’s a time bomb.

 

[trooper]

He spent much of WW2 at sea. Not so good if a Destroyer ends up on its side

True! Based on his Naval record however it seems we would be safer having him back at sea. He was well thought of in the RN...posted as First Lieutenant of HMS Wallace at the ripe old age of 21.... (one of the youngest RN officers ever in such a posting) Its a shame, but 97 does seem a BIT old to still be driving.... Fun fact - he is (obviously) a WW2 vet...but then so is his wife! The then Princess Elizabeth served as a junior officer in the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service - later the WRAC) and as such is the only living Head of State to have served in WW2..... (OK...I DO have too much time on my hands...but I think that is interesting! lol)

 

[tgh]

it’s a time bomb.

It is indeed :
Every licensed driver regardless of age should be required to sit an annual competence test.. and pay for it.
Of course the definition of competence is moot .. answering a hundred questions is fine in terms of box ticking , but a competence test should also require a wet road swerve and recover test, and a third party interrogation while driving to test concentration AND observation.
I suspect the prince may surprise many in such a test.
I only a lowly septuagenarian , but expect to pass any driving test thrown at me into my 80's

 

[Pushka]

it’s a time bomb.

It is indeed :
Every licensed driver regardless of age should be required to sit an annual competence test.. and pay for it.
Of course the definition of competence is moot .. answering a hundred questions is fine in terms of box ticking , but a competence test should also require a wet road swerve and recover test, and a third party interrogation while driving to test concentration AND observation.
I suspect the prince may surprise many in such a test.
I only a lowly septuagenarian , but expect to pass any driving test thrown at me into my 80's

He may well pass with flying colours. I wonder if his attitude will mean he might just ignore, or never even know about, current driving laws though.

 

[Denali]

Although he has many minions to do his bidding, driving is part of a persons, especially older persons, independence and Im guessing many of us have been through a situation where you simply have to stop someone we care about from driving because they are no longer safe.

But easier typed than done.

My dad in law (in his 90s) had to be stopped because dementia meant he would forget where he was going/what he was doing and the general level of safety was no longer there. Forcing him to stop wasnt that hard as hes use to people telling him what to do (wife of 60+yrs was the final word) but Im guessing Phillip doesnt get told what to do often and if he did, he would tell them to bugger off.

 

[tgh]

My father was in his 80's and painfully independent.
Choosing to forget that I was picking him up ,he drove ( almost blind) to an optical specialist appointment, where I found him.
We had a pleasant enough experience in the clinic , and as we walked out I said give me your car keys.
Loud protests, I say give them to me or I will just take them off you right here and now.
A short stare off produced the keys.. and he never drove again because I took his car home and sold it.

Stuff like this is not fun but it has to be done….

 

[drron]

Age is not necessarily mean you are no longer competent.I have recounted this story before in other threads.A remarkable 91 year old who decided to move from Melbourne to the Sunshine coast-thus proving his mental competence.
So he hired a truck,loaded it himself,drove to the Sunshine Coast and unloaded it by himself.
Asked why he did it himself-well the family wouldn't have wanted me to move so I waited until they were all on holidays.