A real life Mr. Magoo

IrishHomer

Last year I met a local farmer on some business and I noticed he appeared to be almost blind. He was constantly squinting hard and told be he could not see too well. I noticed he could not see ordinary things that I was showing him. Anyway after our short meeting he hops onto his big tractor and of he flies squinting very hard to look at the road ahead of him.

Last Saturday my partner was shopping at the local supermarket and the same farmer was beside her sifting through the bags of doughnuts. She noticed he was having difficulty finding what type he wanted and she offered to help. He was grateful of the help and he told her he couldn't see too well and the particular doughnuts were in front of him all the time. A few minutes later my partner noticed him hopping up onto his big tractor, almost reversing out over a woman not seeing her at all, and then off he flies down the road.

This is a ticking time bomb, should I report him before he has a serious accident? How do these people get driving licences?

wazky

How big were the doughnuts that he needed a tractor to transport them?

Chucken

OP, maybe explain to him that it's easy to have an eye test? If you were concerned a year ago, it might be an idea to help him make the appointment.

Some people don't know how to go about these kind of things.

holystungun9

wazky wrote: »

How big were the doughnuts that he needed a tractor to transport them?

Not big enough!!!

whoops_jimmy

His insurance(if he has it) will be void if he is found not to meet the driving standards and has an accident. Best toadvise him to get an eye test cause its probably an accident waiting to happen but he will have to get an eye test when he goes to renew the license.

wazky

If he had a few pints before driving that would even out the poor eyesight.

tomwaterford

IrishHomer wrote: »

Last year I met a local farmer on some business and I noticed he appeared to be almost blind. He was constantly squinting hard and told be he could not see too well. I noticed he could not see ordinary things that I was showing him. Anyway after our short meeting he hops onto his big tractor and of he flies squinting very hard to look at the road ahead of him.

Last Saturday my partner was shopping at the local supermarket and the same farmer was beside her sifting through the bags of doughnuts. She noticed he was having difficulty finding what type he wanted and she offered to help. He was grateful of the help and he told her he couldn't see too well and the particular doughnuts were in front of him all the time. A few minutes later my partner noticed him hopping up onto his big tractor, almost reversing out over a woman not seeing her at all, and then off he flies down the road.

This is a ticking time bomb, should I report him before he has a serious accident? How do these people get driving licences?

he takes the tractor to the shop???
and where is this shop that leaves bags of doughnuts out for people to handle until they get the type they want...I assumed there would be health and safety rgulations about that

IrishHomer

I don't really know the man or ever see him at all. Rural Ireland tractors are common mode of transport

You'd want to drive through Irish villages on a Saturday night, nothing but tractors parked everywhere outside all the bars

Tokyo

Mart day... try finding a pub that doesn't have half a dozen tractors parked outside. Great uncle drove one fro 40 years, and was his only mode of transport.

Aglomerado

mike_ie wrote: »

Mart day... try finding a pub that doesn't have half a dozen tractors parked outside. Great uncle drove one fro 40 years, and was his only mode of transport.

There used to be an elderly couple living near where I grew up. Their only mode of transport was also a tractor, a really old one with no windows in it. They used to go to Mass on Sundays, him driving the tractor and her hanging off the back in her Sunday coat and headscarf!

Victor

Assuming there is only one, mention it to the local GP. Otherwise straight to the Garda.

It may be that he is long sighted and can drive OKish, but can't see things up close.