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The Associated Press (AP) posted this tory about a 101 year-old Washington man who just passed, with flying colors, his drivers exam. Below is a snippet from the article:

LANGLEY, Wash. (AP) - Alden Couch just celebrated his 101st birthday. And he passed his Washington state driver’s test with flying colors, if you listen to him. “I haven’t parallel parked for 10 years and I sailed through it like nothing,” he said.
A resident of the Whidbey Island town of Langley, Couch planned to take a birthday drive—by himself—down to the local senior center, where his friends had a party planned for him. Then he planned to drive home—by himself again.

The state’s decision to give his father a driver’s test took a lot of pressure off his 64-year-old son, Bill Couch, of Clinton. The son said he sometimes follows his father in his car to make sure his dad is driving safely. “I feel a lot better about that,” Bill Couch said. Alden Couch’s new license that he received in the mail a little more than a week ago expires in 2012.

During his recent driver’s test, he admitted he wasn’t bothering to turn on his turn-signal blinker because Whidbey Island is such a rural place. But then he noticed the omission was costing him points with the state examiner. “Every time I didn’t do it, she would write it down,” Couch said. “So I got smart and started signaling.” During his lifetime, Couch has owned 10 to 15 cars.

What a great story. We bet this centenarian has some great stories to tell!

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