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21

Medical Rehabilitation - 'Rest of the Story' Often Goes Untold

jeff posted on September 21, 2009 11:30 Article Rating
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Crash Driver Doubts Future

jeff posted on September 07, 2009 18:47 Article Rating
Michelle Thiele thought she was a competent driver, but after being involved in two fatal accidents at the same intersection seven years apart, she no...

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Rehabilitation Center Is A Community of Hope

jeff posted on August 27, 2009 10:58 Article Rating
Tim Lovely’s body was found on the ground, after his car crashed near his home in Indiana.The 23-year-old was driving home from work at 3:30 a.m. on O...

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A Remarkable Story of Perseverance

jeff posted on August 24, 2009 10:49 Article Rating
At the age of 16, Ricky James broke the T7 bone on his spinal column in a motocross accident that left him a paraplegic. But that didn’t stop him f...

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Posted in: Driver Rehabiliation
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Grandma Learning to Drive at 58

jaodko posted on August 13, 2009 20:56 Article Rating
In 1986, my grandfather died, at that time my grandmother had to learn how to drive. She was 58. She had never been behind the wheel of a car and was ...

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Posted in: Novice Driving
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Train them teens!

Carrie posted on August 13, 2009 10:55 Article Rating
I too think this product would be a great tool for high schools and private driver training companies! I went to Olympus High school and we had a "dri...

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Posted in: Novice Driving
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Training and Rehabiltation

Carrie posted on August 13, 2009 10:39 Article Rating
I too think this product would be a great tool for high schools and private driver training companies! I went to Olympus High school and we had a "dri...

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Posted in: Reckless Driving
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12

Military

sssssss posted on August 12, 2009 20:48 Article Rating
The military uses a driver simulation to help their soldiers. See http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?article=63608&section=104 . I think that...

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Posted in: Novice Driving
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My first year driving, I really could have used this

jonestown19 posted on August 12, 2009 20:22 Article Rating
So in my first year driving, I was 16 years old and I managed to wreck 3 cars in one year.  Needless to say my parents were more than a little up...

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Posted in: Novice Driving
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11

Grandma got run over by..... grandpa

roryhayward posted on August 11, 2009 20:52 Article Rating
     Two years ago my elderly grandmother constantly found herself comfortably behind the wheels of her new Cadillac.  Having...

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Posted in: Elderly Driving
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Michigan Rehab Program Gets Man Walking & Driving

jeff posted on August 11, 2009 07:07 Article Rating
He'd been incapacitated by a blood clot in his lung following back surgery nearly a year ago. "I was paralyzed -- I could move my right leg maybe s...

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Posted in: Elderly Driving
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Bad neck

cttrickle posted on July 06, 2009 23:48 Article Rating
My grandpa drove until he turned 80 and was still a farily good driver. A bad back and neck prevented him from being able to really  turn his hea...

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1965 Tractor Transportation

tallerthanmost posted on June 29, 2009 21:28 Article Rating
    A couple of years ago, my grandfather willingly relinquished his driver’s license due to Alzheimer’s. Even though he gave it up volu...

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Young, Lucky and Stupid

glucia1 posted on June 04, 2009 01:20 Article Rating
When I first began driving, I hadn't driven very often and was quite inexperienced particularly in freeway driving. My friends convinced me to drive t...

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Posted in: Novice Driving
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03

Slow down & don't be stupid

mbmorris1949 posted on June 03, 2009 19:39 Article Rating
It doesn't help to get there fast if you don't get there alive. Sounds trite but it's true. I deliver lost luggage part time. When I first started I w...

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Posted in: Reckless Driving
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His Dream Is to Be Able to Drive Again

jeff posted on May 20, 2009 16:16 Article Rating
On 1 April 2007, Mike Langevin, 41 years old at the time, living in Brampton, Ontario, had just returned a 24-hour shift as a firefighter and collapse...

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Posted in: Impaired Driving
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An Example of How Not to Address Elderly Driving

bill posted on April 30, 2009 22:43 Article Rating
When my father turned 82 years old, my sister and I were absolutely frightened by Dad’s lack of judgment and skills associated with driving.  We ...

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An accident that could have been avoided

BenjaminLamb posted on April 30, 2009 22:33 Article Rating
My mother in law was involved in a car accident with an older women whom this product could of helped. My mother in law was walking through a parking ...

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Tragic Loss of Grandpa

devans posted on April 30, 2009 14:32 Article Rating
I was very close to my Grandparents.  Grandpa drove Grandma everywhere they went.  As Grandpa got older his awareness of other vehicles on t...

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21

Me, Myself and MS

jeff posted on April 21, 2009 22:37 Article Rating
 Emma's 27 year old married female. Teachs primary school teacher. A competitive swimmer. Suffers from Multiple Sclerosis. Has a blog that provid...

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Posted in: Impaired Driving
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Dad will need to stop driving soon

admin posted on April 07, 2009 17:34 Article Rating
My dad is 90. He is a widower. Has arthritis in neck and cannot turn head. Tends to be impatient with others while driving, especially when there is c...

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Posted in: Elderly Driving
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My dad needed to give up his driving

admin posted on April 05, 2009 17:33 Article Rating
It started at a restaurant. My dad was always a gentle man. He never said a cross or curse word in his life. But one this occasion, he started cursing...

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Posted in: Elderly Driving
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Driving simulators help me treat patients

DriveSafety posted on April 02, 2009 17:32 Article Rating
I am OT at a clinic in the eastern US. We bought one of the Sim-MetRx simulators to give our clients a tool that appears to help them return to normal...

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Posted in: Impaired Driving
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Dad’s macular degeneration hurting his driving

DriveSafety posted on April 02, 2009 12:04 Article Rating
My dad is in his late80s. My mom drives just fine. However my dad suffers from age-related macular degeneration. But he thinks he drives just fine. He...

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Posted in: Elderly Driving
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