not intentionally, but, they have been pretty leathal in the atlanta area
lately.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Perk [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 9:51 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: Driving
>
> Trisha, IMHO, Cars are NOT lethal weapons.  Kathy
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 6:42 AM
> Subject: Re: Driving
>
>
> >Hi Joy,
> >
> >        When I was looking for a vehicle that could handle Amber and her
> >stroller/wheelchair - Ford and Volkswagen both offered rebates of up to
> $500
> >on adapting their vehicles - plus and I don't know if it true anymore -
> >Plymouth Voyager could be made to kneel!! I got the Voyager ,
> unfortunately
> >when the "old" man skipped out on us - he took it - and left me with the
> -
> >now 21 year old Cadillac then 15 years old. Amber braces and other
> >paraphernalia quickly annihilated the leather seat she sat in. So when
> >looking at vehicles consider the upholstery.
> >
> >        Get a car you can handle safely before you learn to drive - you
> >don't want to hurt, maim or kill someone else - new drivers are big
> enough
> >risk as it is. Driving is not a right - its a priviledge and
> responsibility.
> >Cars aren't cute toys they are lethal weapons - from 1 ton and up - human
> >bodies are no match for them. Just last June my foster daughter(?) got
> her
> >license and I tried to give her a real respect for what cars can do -
> when
> >the driver is a novice, drunk or just plain doesn't think. I have been
> >driving - almost 26 years and have never hit anything ( knock on wood).
> When
> >I drive the Cadillac - I remember I am piloting 4400 pounds of metal and
> >that todays car are as strurdy as coke cans next to it. When I drive my
> new
> >98 Escort - I drive remembering at my height the airbag inflating will
> knock
> >my head off and into the next county ( I am under the height thing -
> 4'10".
> >
> >                        Brightest Blessings
> >                                Trisha
> >
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I'm getting my learner's permit soon, hopefully over this summer.  I had
> >>my first lesson tonight, with me steering and my dad sitting on the
> >>shift working the gas and brake, since I don't have reliable control of
> >>my feet.  That's not safe, legal, or fun... so, I was wondering what
> >>adaptive devices you guys use for driving.  I'd like to have a regular
> >>car if possible, not a van with a lift.  I use a wheelchair, so I'm also
> >>interested in ways to haul that in and out.  Thanks!
> >>
> >>~Joy~
> >