Maybe...but you'd think the cops would at least know what it means.
I've not met one yet (in Ohio) that could give me a definition that
they'd be willing to stand behind.  I remember one guy said he thought
it meant I wasn't married (he was joking, of course, but we both got a
chuckle out of it).

Kyle

-----Original Message-----
From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Michael H. Collis
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 11:28 AM
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Subject: Re: Mild to moderate CP and children?

Kyle, could it mean no hand controls?  Hand controls are special
attachments.

---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 09:11:49 -0400
>From: "Cleveland, Kyle E." <[log in to unmask]>  
>Subject: Re: Mild to moderate CP and children?  
>To: [log in to unmask]
>
>Cindy,
>
>Interesting story about driving...
>
>I got my license at 16 like the rest of the kids in my class.  My CP is
>so mild that there weren't any issues (though not having any depth
>perception makes parking fun.  As my wife says, I tend to 'round off'
>the corners on our cars a bit.  ;-)  ).  I started college at Ohio
>State, and when it became obvious I was going to become a resident of
>Ohio I had to get a new license in the state.  At the time, Ohio law
>mandated that folks under 21 had to take both the written and practical
>tests in order to transfer licensing from another state.  I passed both
>tests without a hitch, but when I looked at my license there was a
>restriction code on it.  I looked up the code and it said, "no special
>attachments".  I was pretty self-conscious about my limp at the time so
>I got really upset with the examiner and pointed out my original had no
>such coding.  He was intransigent and said that he put the code on so
>that if I was stopped by the police they would not automatically assume
>I had been drinking.  I don't have speech issues at all, so I think his
>argument was pretty hollow.
>
>That code has been on my license for thirty years and no cop has ever
>understood the "no special attachments" code.  In the half-dozen or so
>times that I've actually been pulled over I can't think of a single
>incident when I didn't have to get out of the car and walk so the
>officer could see what I was talking about.  Switching car insurance
>companies or renting a car is always fun (not) because I have to go
>through this windy explanation what the heck "no special attachments"
>means.  
>
>Kyle
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