...because they want to feel safe and protected......and imagine *i'll play devils advocate for once*, imagine if you will, being old and slow in a young and fast world where you are disrespected, and sped around everywhere you go, from walking in the grocery store to driving on the roads. everyone just wants to run you down........certainly not open a door for you or let you go first.
i can't imagine them hopping on a public bus either...not after having had the freedom and luxury of driving their own car, and having their space.......gotta give all that up to wait in the cold for a bus??? and sit with a bunch of strangers...many of them probably young and possibly rowdy??? that would scare away lots of old people unless they're used to public transportation.
i see a lot of old people calling cabs around here, but that could add up. $$$$
ofcourse maybe they are oblivious to all that stuff, but i doubt it. i speed around them too, and curse to myself from my car.."get off the road if you can't handle it!"..etc. etc.
i don't look forward to being a blue hair......not unless the world will be kinder to it's aged than it seems to be now.
seinfeld does some funny stuff about old people driving......not looking when they back up and leaving their directional on.--------"the eventual right".