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Old 02-06-2011, 09:15 PM   #151
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Default Re: One-armed woman "driven" to despair.

I've skipped a few pages here, but has anyone thought about the blokes who used to drive the old twin-stick Macks?

How did they steer whilst shifting gears in both boxes?

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Old 02-06-2011, 09:58 PM   #152
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I've skipped a few pages here, but has anyone thought about the blokes who used to drive the old twin-stick Macks?

How did they steer whilst shifting gears in both boxes?

Ed
I don't blame you for skipping a few, pages 3 and 4. Posts 79 and 91.
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Old 03-06-2011, 12:30 AM   #153
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Default Re: One-armed woman "driven" to despair.

According to the photo, she seems to be driving an N16 Pulsar, they're not all that cheap. She could possibly sell it, have the $550 to have the test, then buy another car afterwards. If she still has any movement in what's left of her right arm, then they could just mount a catch on the steering wheel, which could be used to steer.
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Old 03-06-2011, 07:42 PM   #154
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Default Re: One-armed woman "driven" to despair.

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one day i hit 246km/h in my calais down a back street. And survived. Doesn't mean i should be allowed to do.
1). That's some back street.
2). Your not.


Bigdude1101:- above. She should not be required to pay more for a driving test than able bodied people, and certainly not be compelled to sell one car in order to afford/do a test, then buy another after passing it.

Bet the courts will not endorse to financial discrimination.

(=). The only enforceable law is that expressly passed by a parliament. Often enough, 'authorities' set about creating POLICY, but such is not necessarily enforceable law.
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