David Dean, I think you may want to think out your response a little.

So you think "driving" doesn't help out the life of a blind person, a disabled person, or a senior citizen. Please stand out in front of Good Sam and notice how all three of these categories conveniently use a taxi; the social services cars, vans; the relatives/friends vehicles; and sometimes the patients themselves drive themselves, like myself.

Waiting 20-30 minutes or more for bus or trolley service; somehow getting onto transit service without hospital staff assistance, taking a trip three-four times longer than by vehicle with maybe two or four transfers without any assistance; arriving 25 blocks from your destination because of lack of nearby transit service-this is the reality for many. Many don't have to be in these categories to have these complications.

Not everyone is 25, having massive amount of time for public transit, having a job that only entails going from the house to one job site and carrying only a purse or billfold, and a life style that is without children needs, or grandparent needs, or friend needs that creates only one or two trips per day.

I also don't see how you can say the same for "the 14 year olds" after using a similar analogy as above where student life is only going from school to home.