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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</guid><description><![CDATA[My answer to this ad is plain and simple, I'm an American, and I buy only American cars, and I feel safe in all the American cars that I've bought in the pass, and I feel safe in the Buick Lucerne and the Chevorlet Van that I have now. Thank you very much.<br><br>               Bob Burnett]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Burnett]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 24th 2007 2:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</guid><description><![CDATA[As I age, my cars have larger and larger engines since I can afford more power and fuel. Screw those who think old means feeble or stupid. I'll blow you off the road in my Ferrari.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Byron Spain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 24th 2007 2:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</guid><description><![CDATA[That sounds great but I probably won't benefit from it as I am now 75. I would like to know if the price is going to be prohibitive to those with only Social Security to live on. Even with a savings the money slips away too easily. Everything goes up in price but our checks don't go up accordinly. They raise our monthly amount then raise the Medicare and Part D deductions. I am still getting, for 2008, $1 less than I was getting in 2006, plus everything else has gone up. The cost of living goes way beyond what we get. No wonder so many of us put off doctors appointments, we do have to pay some of it. We do without a lot of things but we struggle on. I am thankful for what I get. And yes, I did save while I was working but taking care of my mother for 18 years didn't leave me much to save.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dorothy Smith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 24th 2007 2:26PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</guid><description><![CDATA[So, I need a computer to adjust the temperature so make me comfortable???  I passed that phase a long time ago.  I was 7 the last time my mother got a chill & I had to put MY sweater on.  Guess the next "improvement" would be for them to decide when that car should drive me to the nursing home!?!?!?   ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Judy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 24th 2007 2:40PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</guid><description><![CDATA[The last thing the biggest hazards(elderly) on the road need are more breaks.lol, they go slow enough. Lets make soylent green instead. Elderly take up enough of our resources and time. When I am elderly hopefully I will drop off and save my part of earth for someone who can use it better than me instead of contributing to the overpopulation. Oh, I am the one who wont move out of your way just because your old at the grocery store. BEING OLD DOESN'T ENTITLE ANYONE TO ANYTHING!  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[christie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 24th 2007 2:45PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'd feel better if someone would design something for the teenage drivers.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[sk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 24th 2007 2:45PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</guid><description><![CDATA[Amen to "helping" the teenagers drive safer.<br>They're the ones that pose the real danger in my state; not the older folks.<br>Raise the age to 18 for a license while you're at it.<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jim g]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 24th 2007 2:53PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</guid><description><![CDATA[On 12/24/07 2:45 PM christie yaks on and on with hateful dialogue about the elderly.<br><br>She thinks the elderly should be done away with and that when she gets older, she hopes she will drop off the earth and "save my part of earth for someone who can use it better than me instead of contributing to the overpopulation."<br><br>Well, don't stick around on our account; the world would be better off without vermin such as her.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[lita]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 24th 2007 3:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</guid><description><![CDATA[The next Bill Gates is the guy that builds everything with only on off and volume. I am sick of gadgets with tiny buttons and symbols. too many features turn me off.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[rick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 24th 2007 3:17PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</guid><description><![CDATA[Christie, that is HARSH!! <br>I suppose you will be different when you are on the Earth for 80 years. EIGHTY. Long time. Oh, and if you are not getting out of someone's way......you are just...rude. Age is but a number. (Mine is 54)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[MerryMary]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 24th 2007 3:23PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</guid><description><![CDATA[Christie! eat chit and die You're over populating the world.<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BOBCAT42320]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 24th 2007 3:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</guid><description><![CDATA[ANYONE THAT HITS THE AGE OF 60 SHOULD HAVE TO RETAKE THE WRITTEN AND DRIVING EXAM.  tHIS INCLUDES ME WHEN I TURN THAT AGE.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 24th 2007 3:32PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</guid><description><![CDATA[I find nothing wrong with a "Senior Car".  Not everyone can run right out and buy one, though! I personally have a Toyota which, is 10 years old.  I keep it in good running order, thanks to a good mechanic. One of the things I think Seniors should remember is;  stick to size  car you are comfortable driving and, if you are not comfortable driving,  TURN IN YOUR LICENSE.<br>ps:  I AM KISSING 74.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[B. L. Bassler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 24th 2007 3:34PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</guid><description><![CDATA[I am 72 years old and quiet active and agile.  I realize that my reflexes are slowing down and also my mental responses; all apart of the aging process.  I have always bought a white car because it stands out on the highway; not like so many other colors that tend to blend into the highway.  I think this is a very good idea and I am surprised that one of our US motor companies did not come up with it. For me, it is important to keep busy and stay active; therefore, I still work several days a week in an office which makes me feel as if I am still part of the ongoing world and have something to contribute.  I am NOT taking a job away from a younger person and it sure "ain't" for the wages I get as that is only $6.00 an hour before TAXES. We can all contribute even the folks in nursing homes as they are providing many, many jobs for younger folks.  I personally feel there is far more danger from youthful drivers and alcoholics than from we old folks. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[clartex]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 24th 2007 3:45PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</guid><description><![CDATA[Teenagers need a car with a cellphone jammer, a smoke detector that alerts parents when they dont have both hands on the wheel, speed, and smpke weed. This needs to also contact the parent if they try to disengage any of these systems. Also, there shold be a computer download to any parent about the speed and location of the car at any time, as teenagers are the most wreckless drivers out there. Alcohol sensors on the steering wheel to, to call the parent if the driver has been drinking.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[web]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 24th 2007 3:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</guid><description><![CDATA[Please stop blaming older drivers for problems on the road.  Look at any statistics for accidents and you will find the younger drivers are responsible for the majority. If auto makers would have less gadgets for everyone to fool around with, it would be a better approach.  Instead all they want is to make more money from the selling the gadgets.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patty Mulchi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 24th 2007 3:51PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</guid><description><![CDATA[I am 66 and no doubt as good if not better at driving than anyone thirty years my junior. I am somewhat of a slowpoke unless somebody provokes me to road-rage!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 24th 2007 3:54PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</guid><description><![CDATA[Christie....Why not end it all now?  I know plenty of loving, caring sensitive people who would be glad to inherit and occupy your space.  I would love to be around to watch you when you become "elderly."]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[DelawareDon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 24th 2007 3:54PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</guid><description><![CDATA[OF ALL THE DRIVERS THAT ARE DANGEROUS ITS THE TEXT MESSENGING INMATURE THE WORLD OWES ME A LIVING INCONSIDERATE ROAD RAGE DRIVERS.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[WANNARUNIT]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 24th 2007 4:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/19/toyota-and-nintendo-team-up-for-elderly-friendly-car/</guid><description><![CDATA[I don't think I'd like this car.  Braking system my ass... they are putting govonors on the vehicles so older people can't go the speed limit.. HOW dangerous is that at times???!!!<br>I can recall a few times before in traffic where some idiot kid driver comes up barrowling down at a high rate of speed, looking everywhere but where they are going..Yacking on their damn cell phones..and IF I hadn't been able to "punch it".. I'd  have been creamed but good.  AND  I quarantee you... I do sue those who damage me or my car in this way...like a bad little dog who done bit down and won't let go.<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[betty]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 24th 2007 4:24PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>