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> People;
> Anyone who wants to modify thier car to be able to drive a stick
shift,
> better check with thier Bureau of Motor Vehicles first. I did this
earlier,
> and Ohio, will not allow handicapped people to drive a standard. It has to
> be
> automatic. There's a list on the back of your drivers license, that list
the
> modifications your allowed. There is here anyway. Check it out.
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>
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> Gunny
Funny Gunny should mention this right now....I, after a good night's sleep
and after considerable cogitation on my drive to work this morning using my
hand controls, though the same thing !!!!
Here in the Great State of Texas, my driver's test with the new apparatus,
was
a failure the first time...but upon some more retraining, I passed. The
problem was due to the fact I was not keeping at least one hand on the
steering wheel at all times.
I think this can be accomplished with a standard for our friend, giving that
the left leg is the weak one and cannot hold the clutch down for a long
period
of time, that the hand control be used to start the vehicle in motion and for
stopping. As for changing gears, could our friend use his/her weak leg to
just depress the clutch long enough to change gears. That way, the hand
normally used for the hand control could be on the steering wheel while the
other is shifting gears??????.
Our State usually wants both hands on the steering wheel at all times, one at
10:00 o'clock and the other at 2:30 o'clock. We all know that no one keeps
both hands on the steering wheel at ALL times.
I know a guy that only has the use of one foot and leg, and he drives a
standard--that was before automatic transmissions were invented--Kinda like
your truck, huh Phil? He used his left foot heel to depress the clutch and
his toes to depress either the accelerator or the break pedal. The break
pedal had a larger pad on it for his to extend his toes to touch it and the
accelerator was curved around and upwards and forward. It was quite a
remarkable thing to watch. He was born with a dumb foot on the right, so-to-
speak. It was an old Stuebaker, too-Phil.
LOL
Bob from Houston
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Hello Bob and Everyone,
"Kinda like my truck before automatic transmissions were iinvented!" Say
what!!!!!
Bob,you must be thinking of somebody else's truck!!!! Sheeeezzzzzzz!!
I drive a 96 full size ext-cab Chevy 4x4 with an auto transmission and I
wasn't even born when they made Studebakers. Studebakers is a niteclub in
Myrtle Beach right?
I'll fix Kim's vehicle so she can drive it using Pooh Bear's and your's
,doc's and gunny's input. Ha Ha!
Phil