Make That Sandwich To Go
It used to be a sandwich shop
An 83 year-old woman blasted her car through a sandwich shop in town earlier today:
Police identified the driver as Leila Katherine Dobbs, 83, of Houston.Because you're a goddamn idiot who should not be driving? *shrug* Just my guess."She thought she hit the brake, but she hit the gas," said Houston police Officer O.B. Baldwin.
A witness said Dobbs, described as a regular customer of the shop, did not appear to hit the brakes of her Toyota Avalon before the vehicle plunged through the front glass window of the store in the strip shopping center.
Jason Fussell, 26, of Conroe, said he had just bought a sandwich and walked out of the shop when the woman's car drove by him.
"She was probably going 45 mph -- she never hit the brake," he said. Fussell helped the woman out of her wrecked car. He said she appeared disoriented and was physically shaking.
"She said, `What happened? Why is my car in there?'" Fussell said.
Remember back in the 80s when this happened all the time? Old folks who shouldn't have been behind the wheel were stomping on the gas instead of the brake, and idiotic programs like 60 Minutes were convinced the automakers were producing cars that jumped into gear spontaneously and revved up to 50mph?!
I remember that, and always thought that Mike Wallace probably got tanked and had an experience or two with sudden acceleration syndrome. Maybe we could get him down to Houston to investigate this incident.
[Posted at 22:27 CST on 06/19/03] [Link]
