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Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]>
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Here's a link to a University of Colorado page with a bunch of adaptive
driving resources.  A lot of the companies are in the Denver area, so
they might not be helpful, but the other info probably will be.

http://www.uchsc.edu/atp/library/fastfacts/adaptive_driving.htm

There's also an association of adaptive driving evaluators/instructors:

http://www.driver-ed.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1

After I first started using a power chair, I got a full size van with a
lift and started driving without an evaluation.  BIG mistake. I had two
accidents in 6 months.  I couldn't effectively handle a vehicle of that
size without a chest strap to help keep me upright.  With a strap, it
was possible, but I still felt unsafe.  I got a driving eval that
suggested the strap, and getting a smaller vehicle as soon as it was
practical.  With gas prices, that turned out to be a great call anyway.

Kendall 

An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
progress depends on the unreasonable man.

-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950

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