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This morning on my way to work I was peacefully humming my mantras, enjoying an enlightened day when suddenly as I approached my exit I could see a blue Marquis on the right hand lane attempting to get to his left lane.  Problem was that he must have been an elderly gentleman and was driving very slowly indeed.  I stayed behind him as I was nearing my exit and wasn't in too much of a hurry anyway.  Everyone behind me moved over to the left lane where this gentleman was attempting to enter whizzing by and not letting him into the lane.  Why?  Why are we in such a hurry that we cannot let someone enter a left lane when they clearly need to do so?  It was just so painful to watch.  I just knew he was going to have an accident.  Thinking he was probably cognitively impaired when I observed him shying away from the left lane and then make another attempt to reenter (seems to have gone on forever), I just called the police giving them his tag number.  I was sure he was not going to make it on any road today.  First of all, a person who is inexperienced on a highway should not be on the interstate and secondly drivers in Florida were just totally cruel making a difficult situation downright dangerous.  The elderly man finally exited the interstate at my exit and I stayed behind him until he pulled off the road and into a strip mall. 

For someone interested in recommending a driver's assessment when cognitive impairment is suspected, I would highly recommend the FAU campus as they have a wonderful 2-pronged approach: assessing cognition as well as an on-the-road driver's test.  Here is a link to their site.  http://nursing.fau.edu/index.php?main=6&nav=685

Stay safe everyone!