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Today- just now in fact- I was driving home and an old man (likely in his mid-to-late 80's) started to change lanes into MY lane while I was still in it. I mean, his front bumper was even with mine. All it would have taken was a quick sideways glance, and he'd have been looking right at me.

So all of a sudden I notice that he's getting a little close, so I move over a little, figuring he's drifting. Nope. He's coming right at me. I have to wrench my car as far over as I can without going off the road while I quickly brake, all the while laying into my car's horn. Does the horn dissuade him or even make him look over? Nope. But oh, he can hear it- because as soon as he was finally done with his drift into my lane, and the horn was still going, he waved at me like "Yeah, yeah, i hear ya!"

To top it off, he pulls into where he lives just a bit up the road, right in the same retirement complex my grandmother lives in. Fuck.

The guy is obviously a danger to himself and, more importantly, to others on the road. I watched him the whole time. He didn't once move his head to look over, and didn't even slow down when i layed into my horn.

So, I'm calling DCF (department of children and families) to report him as incompetent to drive. I have no idea what their capabilities are, but the police couldn't help me (I called them first). The policewoman I spoke with told me to call them, because until he actually maims or kills someone (my words, not hers), the police can't do anything to him. She did say, however, that DCF can go interview him and see what's what, including checking his mental acuity to operate a vehicle.

So, we'll see what comes of it.

The moral of the story is, I could be severely injured (we were doing 50mph and I was on the outside lane, who knows what I would have plowed into) or worse, and had damage done to my vehicle. That can't be allowed to go unnoticed.