Woman, 105, could be oldest driver in Britain

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When Sheila Thomson was born in 1902 few believed these new-fangled motor cars would ever be a serious alternative to the horse-drawn carriage.

But 105 years later, Britain's oldest driver says she would not be without her little runaround.

Mrs Thomson first took to the roads in the early 1930s in a Galloway saloon that would be a museum piece today.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/... could be oldest driver in Britain/article.do

 

[Doh!]

Mrs Thomson first took to the roads in the early 1930s in a Galloway saloon that would be a museum piece today.

I'll bet she still has her left blinker on.

 

[RAF Man]

Wow, don't know whether to say great keep it up, or say it's time to call it a day. Surely at 105 her reactions must be slowing up. But, congratulations anyway. I would be content with just living to 105 and being in reasonable good health, without driving as well.:eusa_clap

 

[Miss_Bella_Hell]

I'll bet she still has her left blinker on.

lol I actually *did* laugh out loud on that one.

 

[Doh!]

Thanks, Miss Bella -- it's a gift!

And some days, a curse...

 

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This just in.... This just in... This just in...

Oldest driver, 105, loses her no-claims bonus (all 71 years of it)
KURT BAYER

POOTLING along leafy streets on her weekly journey to church, motorist Sheila Thomson was naturally more careful than usual after a recent bump.

But as Britain's oldest driver, she yesterday vowed to keep driving at the age of 105, despite losing her 71-year no claims bonus.
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Now that her decades behind the wheel have been revealed, the sprightly widow, who has never passed a driving test and celebrated her birthday last month, has taken the title of the country's oldest driver from Charlie Howarth, of West Yorkshire, who renewed his licence in March, aged 101.

http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=609&id=743122007