Note to Bill : I think they were referring to the airport gate she plowed through with the vehicle.

"...chased down the driver and forced her vehicle to halt..."

It might have ended quicker had they all stayed in their vehicles.

I assume that was being sarcastic. :) I'm sure they meant to say chased her while in their cars.

Meanwhile in the airport terminal, TSA agents successfully wrestled a 86 year old woman to the ground and confiscated her full sized tube of toothpaste averting a possible disaster.

Authorities are investigating whether the two incidents are related.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tz3dfrdh4U&feature=related

Officer was i driving too fast? No , mam you were flying to low.

Robert: "I hope they checked her citizenship."

Why?

Yeah, why??

why not?

gendarmes ?

The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary describes a gendarme as "a soldier who is employed on police duties"

Google is your friend.

We're AMERICANS, for heaven's sake. We don't read, we don't research and we don't "get" sarcasm. Geez... what's next, ya want us for ta not text and drive?

Google is more like my Big Brother.

Maybe it is not nonsense. Medical conditions do occur while folks are driving. Wow to open your mouth in such a manner "diabetes or some such nonsense." Wow.

Your comment contradicts your username. Perhaps you are aiming for ironic humor.
Miryn has made a very good point. How is diabetes or any other medical condition or emergency "nonsense" if it is the truth? Perhaps she needed medical help and this was the first occurrence of a symptom.

This story is void of many details. So the first thing you do is jump to conclusions to show the internet how much of an dolt you are. Congratulations.
"Mission Accomplished."

True story here, a man drove clean through the telephone pole in front of my sister's house then his car ended up on their front porch, the good news is that it was loud enough to sound like a bomb exploding and paramedics arrived quick enough to save his life because he was having a heart attack. But with this new information I'm learning from Hismomraisedadamnfool I feel betrayed by the system, I didn't know being in a car makes you immune to all medical complications, I will have to petition the PD in my town to re-investigate the car crash and take his kids away to foster care if he has any.

Perhaps you are missing my point. As a fine example of lawyers claiming various "medical conditions", research the Diane Schuler Taconic Parkway wrong-way driving case in 2009, where the lawyers tried claiming she had diabetes, when in fact she had had gestational diabetes, which is a temporary complication of pregnancy. They claimed she had a tooth abscess, which caused her to self-medicate for the pain. They claimed she had a "lump in her leg which could have been the cause of an embolism. None of these alleged conditions were effective in refuting the fact that her BAC was 0.19, and there was THC in her blood, as well, indicating marijuana use. This was the official toxicology report that proved her intoxication was the cause of this accident, which killed seven other innocent people. This is the kind of nonsense I am referring to, and the kind of tactic the airport gate crasher's lawyers might try to use to excuse her actions, and as I said, if the BAC and/or drugs in the blood show she was actually legally intoxicated or impaired, then they should throw the book at her. I fully understand that people with diabetes can black out behind the wheel, or exhibit behavior that looks very much like intoxication, and most of the time, it can be reversed fairly quickly. If they are drunk at the same time, the drunkenness will be the deciding factor.

However, if one has a medical history of such a condition and is aware of the likelihood that it can happen at any time, it is no different than allowing an epileptic prone to seizures to get behind the wheel. There is a danger to the public in doing so, and the laws prohibit this in most cases. As another case in point, there was a driver in NJ back in the fifties, who had Meniere's disease, and had unpredictable attacks of vertigo, one of which caused him to lose control of his car, cross the center line, and kill the occupant of another car in the opposite lane. He was prosecuted for manslaughter, and his conviction was upheld on appeal. The basis for the conviction was that he committed an act of willful reckless endangerment by getting behind the wheel of his car, while knowing full well that he might suffer an attack while driving.

Driving a car while taking medicine that might impair one's ability to drive, and getting into an accident, will likely result in a charge of DUI or DWI, and there have been many cases that have resulted in convictions. Just because a drug is legally prescribed does not remove the user's responsibility for its potential consequences. Look at any prescription label, and if it says "May impair ability to drive or operate heavy machinery", and you get into an accident that injures another party, this fact will likely be discovered, and will result in serious consequences for driving while impaired. People on long-term narcotic drugs for pain, despite being prescribed by a physician, face the same consequences.

I was thinking the same thing. Imagine and "impaired" woman with 1,000 pounds of C4 instead of a child.

They're typically just chain-linked fences. Not concrete walls. Many gates don't have any personnel security, just a keypad that opens the gate.

Shut up! you gonna give em ideas.

Tragic, but funny flylowguy.

I just watched "Days of Wine and Roses" this morning. People should be required to watch this movie every year they update their license.

no one drove in that movie

True story. A friend on mine drove a bus on late night shift at KCI(Kansas City International), and called the tower to get clearance for takeoff. The tower knew Dave and gave him clearance and he took his (empty) bus onto the takeoff strip and zoomed to about 80 mph. I think he claimed mechanical failure and "aborted" takeoff. This was in the early eighties and the night was dead as a doornail. I'm sure they got a good laugh. PS; Yeah, we were all college age.

Robert, was dave the employee bus driver? If so I believe I know him, and yes he was just off the wall enough to do it for those who doubt the story.

Yeah, Dave was driving. I'll ask, do you know the profession he went into after? That's the FUNNY part.

Well, I want to know now. You said too much and not enough.

@save......law enforcement!!!!! LOL

I've traveled much of this country & any half way important sign is also in spanish. This is a bi-lingual country. I am white, born in FL and have no issue with spanish speaking people. What's the big deal? I have no doubt that most signs in AR, as in FL & most other states are bi-lingual.

Lotta signs in Europe and Asia have english on them also. Just look at it as they will spend their money if they know what they are buying, and can drive to it.

yeah pixie, they're in English and Hillbilly, with holes in them.

Assuming you can read, paramed, start working on your Spanish to make you smarter.

denouement- the vast majority of your posts consist of name calling. Feel better now honey?

English or intelligence are not your strong suits are they dmill? You lose all credibility when you miss out on simple syntax and spelling while making an absolute assinine political rant from something that is completely non-political. Bravo, for you shall truely deserve the title of "idiot of the day".

I agree, dmill wins the idiot of the day award.

Tracy, you kind of lose credibility yourself when you misspell asinine and truly.

Sure, she could have beem impaired by alcohol. . .that, or she could have experienced a mild stroke or even a migraine which could have impaired her ability to discern where she was, how fast she was going, her speech, her sight. Shall I go on?