Originally Posted by
cooker
if it had been an acute enough situation, either she or I would have called an ambulance.
... or another neighbor, or pretty much anyone, because pretty much anyone can drive a car. I'd wager you could put any 12-year-old behind the wheel in an emergency and while you might get some banged up fenders, you might also get safely to a hospital.
Nothing I would recommend for daily use, but if it is literally life and death anyway ....