any good idea how to drive a manual with right leg in cast?

[Jim Bremner]

Man up and make yourself one that once you're in the car you swap out for the "driving cast" give it a "pioloti" heal for christ sakes!

[midnight911]

Originally Posted by Jim Bremner

Man up and make yourself one that once you're in the car you swap out for the "driving cast" give it a "pioloti" heal for christ sakes!

i'm seriously thinking about this...

[Jim Bremner]

don't sue me if you do supti'n stupid

I broke my right foot TWICE the first time I was 24 and I told the DR. to have the cast tech make it no bigger than x he didn't listen to me so when it didn't fit out in the parkinglot I cut the cast off with my pocket knife. I went back in they made it right the second time!

I've broken My right anke in 3 spots one in my 20's 2 spots when I was 40
My tailbone, on a kiddie slide
4 ribs in a kart wreck
right arm - green tree break in a moon bounce
left arm jupming off of stuff
left elbow, bicycle wreck
and compressed T10 to 1/2 of it's height dirtbike wreck

[midnight911]

Originally Posted by Jim Bremner

don't sue me if you do supti'n stupid

I broke my right foot TWICE the first time I was 24 and I told the DR. to have the cast tech make it no bigger than x he didn't listen to me so when it didn't fit out in the parkinglot I cut the cast off with my pocket knife. I went back in they made it right the second time!

I've broken My right anke in 3 spots one in my 20's 2 spots when I was 40
My tailbone, on a kiddie slide
4 ribs in a kart wreck
right arm - green tree break in a moon bounce
left arm jupming off of stuff
left elbow, bicycle wreck
and compressed T10 to 1/2 of it's height dirtbike wreck

Jim, you're my man!!!
You impress me with everything you wrote.

[midnight911]

[LakeCleElum]

Done it a bunch after six surgeries from the knees on down. Not a problem at all.

Once I drove home 90 miles after breaking my right leg in 2 places and ripping all the ligaments off my ankle.....Just use cruise, pop into netural and brake with the left foot. It only hurts when you laugh.........

[svandamme]

it's not safe to try

here they take your drivers license if they see you driving with a leg or even an arm in a full cast...
And they should , you cannot react fast enough, and whatever trick you pull to still drive, cane, left foot , ankle , whatever, will not work when you need to respond to some kind of emergency... you don't have the muscle memory for it...

[sailchef]

Originally Posted by red-beard

I would say the best way would be as a passenger. Seriously, that is dangerous and stupid.

What Red-beard said.

Why take the chance of having someone pull out in front of you , or get yourself in a situation where you can't react quick enough.

[Porsche_monkey]

Originally Posted by Laneco

I had to drive using only my left leg for about four weeks. Alot of your success will depend on your vehicle. I drove a Dodge Neon and an Isuzu Amigo. The Neon was the harder of the two to drive like this.

..snip...

I had to drive in traffic every day. Yes, I did stall out a few times but it turns out that you can't actually die of embarassment. Good thing or most of us would have never survived high school!

angela

I am in awe.

Obvious answer to the question at hand - Sport-o-matic

[aigel]

I would worry about getting in an accident - even when not at fault - and be made responsible due to the cast. It would be very easy to argue by an opposing party that one was not fit to drive a vehicle. The only way I would drive with a cast like that would be with a professionally modified set up like permanently disabled people often have.

Just my two cents.

George