There are certainly reasons to be skeptical. In addition to age, consider for example the fact that it tends to be highly correlated with automatics vs manuals.
My mom was almost in a bad car accident due to something like this. she was walking in a strip mall when a car plowed into a dry cleaners about 10 feet ahead of her. Her friend almost fainted.
it was a teen and she said she accidentally pressed down on the accelerator instead of the brake. the place was destroyed but fortunately no one was hurt.
There are certainly reasons to be skeptical. In addition to age, consider for example the fact that it tends to be highly correlated with automatics vs manuals.