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# TBS Today, Feb. 28
- URL: https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/03/01/newsletters/tbs-today-feb-28-2025/
- Published: 2025-03-01T01:42:29.000Z
- Updated: 2025-03-01T01:42:29.000Z
- Description: Older drivers have caused several fatal crashes; what is the city doing about it?
- Author: Editor's desk
- Tags: Newsletters, #newsletters

An hour before sunset one evening last November, a Berkeley police officer pulled over a car traveling in the wrong direction on a divided road.

The officer issued a verbal warning to the driver. She was 100 years old.

No one was injured that night. But the drivers in Berkeley's last three pedestrian fatalities were 79, 85 and 87 years old.

Meanwhile, a city program that gives free rides to seniors can't keep pace with demand.

Don't miss today's story from contributor Liz Fox.

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