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~ >