Schools & driving

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> From: Beanie7739@...

>

> Schools can make things more difficult than they really are, I agree Lenette.

> It seems

> they do not want to put forth extra effort to accommodate every student if

> they aren't

> " normal " in their eyes.

> Back in 1976, when I was to take Drivers Ed " Behind the Wheel " , I was getting

> overlooked just because the school didn't have the pedals to attach to the

> car so as I can

> have my designated hours of driving as the other students were getting. My

> parents (who

> also are LP), had to get pushy with the staff in order for me to learn. My

> mother insisted they teach me just like the other kids. So, in order for the

> school to not have any more flim-flam excuses, my parents let them use my

> dads extra pedals. It wasn't my parents

> responsibility to supply them, but in order for me to drive, they did.

> Dawn

Gee, when I learned to drive in 19???? OK, 67, they didn't even know what

pedal extensions were! My dad took them and showed the instructor how to

put them on. But I think he ended up going there each day and putting them

on himself. The instructor took them off. I didn't drive with others in

the car.

When le went thru Sears driving school they said they thought they had

pedal extensions at headquarters and would try to get them. I chose to use

our own to make sure she got in on time and such. As it turned out the

instructor was not real handy so I had him drive the car to our house and

had (my son) put the extensions on. It turned out he had to switch

around pedals from my van to their car because the one we had wasn't

adjustable enough and totally hit their dashboard. Plus, there wasn't much

room for the brake pedal because of the instructors extra panic brake pedal.

moved his over somehow. The instructor finally saw the point of

scheduling her to drive longer periods than they are used to doing.

We have to be creative!

Lenette