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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