tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2406669952841224025.post4330855714735889960..comments2023-11-05T01:40:19.220-08:00Comments on Connor's Song: In Which I Spend Some Time Behind The WheelJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306757421878995110noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2406669952841224025.post-55279037931186900972009-11-17T09:42:54.304-08:002009-11-17T09:42:54.304-08:00Maybe you could start asking for a tip? LOL.Maybe you could start asking for a tip? LOL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2406669952841224025.post-57157617647383228792009-11-17T07:17:22.952-08:002009-11-17T07:17:22.952-08:00Kim,
At least Jer will only be driving with one ki...Kim,<br />At least Jer will only be driving with one kind of control. Every time someone else drives the van, the first thing we have to tell them is LEAVE THE HAND CONTROL ALONE. I swear the thing calls to people.<br /><br />Becca,<br /><br />Because Jer will hopefully be in a wheelchair temporarily, our van doesn't have the awesome EZ Lock system like yours. It's not so much the manuevering the wheelchair in and out-- that's not a problem. It's getting the driver's seat in and out. That sucker is heavy and awkward and has four locks on the floor, not just one, so you have to line it up perfectly. Not something I'm going to want to do on a regular basis. I have the SUV to drive, so it makes sense to just leave the seat out until Jer is out of the wheelchair and using a walker, which hopefully will only take a few more months.<br /><br />We're not going to try the driving on morphine thing. Jer's on enough to knock out a horse right now, and he still gets really, really sleepy sometimes. Bad idea.<br /><br />Julia-- Actually, I'm more like one of those cab drivers who never shuts up.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06306757421878995110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2406669952841224025.post-4773152641373441632009-11-17T06:40:46.362-08:002009-11-17T06:40:46.362-08:00Are you one of those chauffeurs who makes pert sma...Are you one of those chauffeurs who makes pert small talk, or do you sit in a sullen silence? And what's the fuzzy dice situation?Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065377267682881396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2406669952841224025.post-41778692632011991852009-11-17T02:15:23.326-08:002009-11-17T02:15:23.326-08:00Jess - it's pretty much standard to set the va...Jess - it's pretty much standard to set the van up so that the driver's seat is removable/replaceable rather than just, um, removed.<br /><br />I drive my van from my powerchair and my chair plus both the driver's and passenger's seats is fitted with the EZ Lock system, which means that: <br />a) I drive my chair into the van, the bolt on my chair slips into the clamp in the floor - clunk, done. Put seatbelt on and drive away.<br />b) The passenger and driver's seats are similarly fitted so that if I need somebody else to drive it - clunk, done.<br />c) If I'm not driving, I can sit up front next to the driver because there's an identical clamp there.<br /><br />Basically what I have is the option of any configuration of my wheelchair and fixed seats in the front. It's awesome.<br /><br />Also, I don't know if it's a legal issue over there but people can and do drive while on opiates - obviously not if you're completely zonked out, but a low dose after a good long time to adjust doesn't usually have any noticable effects on alertness or anything, and I've been cleared to drive on slow-release morphine for a couple of years now.Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15436653419185638854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2406669952841224025.post-63056073444764446642009-11-16T23:18:18.760-08:002009-11-16T23:18:18.760-08:00Perhaps a helmet until you're sure he has the ...Perhaps a helmet until you're sure he has the hang of those hand controls....psychologizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09236350619256178889noreply@blogger.com