This afternoon I wanted to visit my parents and my sister in Boxtel, but my visit got somewhat delayed by an 87 year old man in his Nissan Sunny. The old man must have overlooked the red light and crashed full speed (50 km/h) into the rear side of my car. We both spun around, but luckily we both were without any injury. The cars however look horrible and I wonder if mine will be classified as a “total-loss”. Luckily some bystanders helped us out and witnessed that I was indeed driving through a green light. The elderly man was very confused and even wanted to drive home after the accident. The police that arrived tried to talk some sense into him and later called an ambulance to take care of the man who seemed to be acting like nothing had happened.
The police wrote up the report and our cars were towed. I really hope my car can be repaired, I like it a lot and was always very careful with it. I wonder how such an 87 year old could still have a drivers license, these people should be taken off the streets. If he would have hit a fraction earlier he would have crashed into my door and the outcome could have been a lot worse.