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[kate42]

So I'm about four and a half years post-injury, but I still haven't gotten around to driving with hand controls yet - I just turned 16 last year, so I don't have a license yet. My question is, can a car be retrofitted with hand controls and still be used by an AB person? Because there probably isn't going to be a car that's specifically mine yet, so if possible we'd get either my dad's or my sister's car retrofitted with hand controls.

Thanks!

[rue2you]

Yes, they can be driven by you or an AB. I love to drive my car but my hubby also drives it quite often because it saves much more gas than our van. Have fun!!

[USMC_FMAgirl058]

Yes, but I will caution you that certain parts are actually illegal in regular cars, specifically hand knobs. And its a tad on the expensive side as far as I've heard to have it installed.

I'm not a veteran on cars but just make sure to get it checked out.

[Tim13]

Considering the situation, it might be to everyones advantage to buy a good set of portable hand controls. You'd have the freedom to use whichever car is available and even though ABs can drive cars that have hand controls-they're very intrusive in some cars and could make things uncomfortable or even unsafe in emergencies.

[Meadowlarkmark]

Yes no problem for the AB and PWD to drive inter-changeably