The unnamed disease, dubbed spastidc foot, causes elderly drivers to lose motor function of their feet. Doctors say it is a neurological disease and have determined it is a leading cause of car accidents involving elderly drivers. Nobody knows why it affects only the elderly, and them only while driving.
Symptoms include really slow driving in the ultra fast lane, or on back roads where nobody can pass, and, more seriously, may cause sufferers to hit the gas instead of the brake. The latter is often fatal for others, but rarely for the driver.
Doctors hope to find a cure, and are coordinating their efforts with the Division of Motor Vehicles.
Actually, it's not funny: http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1075116
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