Driving to and from work each day on the turnpike, I sometimes see the electronic billboards with “Silver Alert…be on the lookout for blah de blah car, license plate yadda yadda.”
Hmmm, sez I. I know what an Amber Alert is, but a Silver Alert?
So, I googled, and damn, it makes sense now! :smack:
Good on you, Governor Crist. What a cool idea.
Yes, I learned about it this summer. I walked into the grocery store. They have the lottery counter right in front and usually it is flashing the outrageous amount of the prize. That day it was flashing “Silver Alert.” It caught my eye so I watched as it continued with the information. Alas, the poor elderly fellow did not make it home safely. But on our trip to Chicago this fall I saw them on highway signs.
I certainly hadn’t heard of it. Thanks for the education!
Never heard of this in Ontario… but it would be a very good idea.
Thanks, ivylass. I’ve just started seeing them (I live in St Pete) and I assumed it was some kind of criminal lookout thingy.
Now, what is this thing you call “turnpike”?
Why, it’s a road paid for by tolls. The tolls go away once the road is built.
Supposedly. I’m still waiting.
I figured it was either a lost / missing senior, or what the ladies at the retirement home shout out when a foxy old man who still has his hair glides smoothly into the rec room for the big dance.
Very nice.
I see at least one Silver Alert each week on my drive home from work. The part that confuses me is that it’s always accompanied by a description of a car (e.g., “SILVER ALERT WHITE TOYOTA X92ABC”) Does this mean that the elderly person is out driving?
I think so. I can’t help but laugh a little bit when the car in question is a 96 Cadillac Deville or a similar old person car.
I’m having a Brown Alert. Get the hose!
Is it a Bronze Alert when George Hamilton is missing?
That would be Doc Savage.
Some of the older people where I work are offended that the descriptive color for the alert is “Silver”.
I think I’ve also heard of a Silver Alert being issued for an otherwise impaired, non-elderly adult.
So these people are out driving and have no idea where they are? Too bad they’re not arrested when they’re finally found.
Hah! The tolls on the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges were supposed to end after the costs were paid off. I don’t remember when the Golden Gate was paid off, but I seem to recall that the Bay Bridge was paid off in the '60s. The toll went from $1 (where it had been for years) about 10 years ago, to $4 now.
I could have sworn it’s when you are about to miss your 25th anniversary gift giving!
Arrested? For dementia or other impairment? That’s a little harsh. Taking away license and car keys, that I can get behind.
Arrested? Not unless they’re breaking the law. I’ve often gotten lost while driving…does that mean I should get arrested?
It is a bit frightening that an altered adult could still have access to a car. Yikes!
Often times the senior’s family doesn’t want to admit (to themselves and the senior) that there’s a problem. Toss that with your run of the mill fear of confrontation, and you end up with a lot of elderly that are driving that shouldn’t be. My family went through it with my mother’s father, and they took his keys away before anything happened. We went through it again with my father’s mother, and they took hers away after she drove her car into her hose. :smack: