Another story on our age discrimination theme:
Police say they don't know why an elderly driver crashed into the rear of another vehicle Thursday in the Heights, killing two other senior citizens.
Ima Jean Archer, 79, and her uncle, Sam Willard King, 91, died instantly when their car was hit from behind by the speeding driver, Houston police said. Archer's longtime companion, Bobby Lee McBride, 73, remains in critical condition at Ben Taub General Hospital.
Police would not release the name of the 84-year-old woman whose Toyota Corolla crashed into the back of Archer's car on East 20th Street at Heights Boulevard.
At least one witness told accident investigators the woman was speeding before the impact, HPD officer Trey Cox said.
So if elderly driver are required to take regular drivers tests, and it was passed, and was then subject to a constitutional challenge, what standard would the courts use to review the case?
