Atlanta woman celebrates 100th birthday behind the wheel
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In Atlanta, Georgia, Barbara Haig celebrated her 100th birthday by continuing to drive her white Ford Mustang.
Haig maintains an active lifestyle that includes teaching Sunday school and volunteering with Care for Caregivers, a ministry supporting families. For decades, she and a friend travelled extensively, visiting all 50 United States, seven continents, and over 75 countries, including Cambodia and Russia.
Haig continued travelling even after her friend’s death twenty years ago, and she only recently stopped water skiing at age 94 on medical advice. She has been a member of Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church since 1960. Haig prioritises cautious driving, avoiding nighttime trips and adhering to traffic laws, with support from family and friends who check on her regularly.
She believes a person's ability to perform an activity safely is more important than their age, and she intends to continue driving as long as she can maintain that standard.
