in the days of distributors one could just put pencil lead on the distributor wire and that buggy would not start and it would not be apparent what the problem was.
--- On Wed, 11/12/08, Cleveland, Kyle E. <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Cleveland, Kyle E. <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: GPS
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 8:51 AM
> Mags, you're right, it was a joke. Severely visually
> impaired folks
> generally can't (and shouldn't) be driving.
> Speaking of your elderly
> friend, Laura's grandmother had age-related vision
> issues so bad that
> she had to watch TV with a pair of binoculars (no
> kidding!)...and she'd
> still drive! She had so many fender benders that she
> eventually lost
> her license and her ability to purchase car insurance. She
> kept driving
> anyway, and no amount of pleading or rationalization from
> the family
> could sway her. She would drive, on the freeway, 20 miles
> round-trip
> each week to her favorite market. We offered to take her
> anywhere she
> wanted, anytime she wanted, but that car was her
> independence and no one
> was going to take it from her (I understand her passion,
> but not her
> logic).
>
> Laura's brother and I would try to immobilize the car
> by doing things
> like stripping the spark plug wires from the engine, but
> she'd pay some
> neighbor kid to slap 'em back on and away she'd go!
> Craig (Laura's
> brother) even called the cops on her to have her arrested
> when he found
> the car out of the garage one day. We wanted the judge to
> force her to
> sell the car, but there was nothing in the law that would
> provide for
> that. The whole family is fortunate that she didn't
> get out and kill
> someone. She was a stubborn old bird!
>
> Kyle
>
>
>
>
>
> bob, i have an elderly friend who was driving for many
> years with vision
> in one eye... scary. however I think kyle was joking when
> he said the
> audio was for vision impaired... It's also good for
> people because it
> keeps the drivers eyes on the road!
>
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>
> ________________________________
> From: Bob Segalman <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 6:25:48 PM
> Subject: Re: GPS
>
> WHat constitutes a visually impaired driver? How visually
> impaired can
> you
> be and still drive safely?
>
> Dr. Bob
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