Friday, January 24, 2025

Tag: Driving

Disability Motorcycle Aids

Helping those with issues that make it difficult to ride their motorcycles, Using twin dual hand brakes and electronic shifters, modified foot controls, wheelchair...

Watch a Driver With Quadriplegia Hit 152 MPH at the Indianapolis 500

https://youtu.be/XCm1zCkSHEo The technology has "promising humanitarian applications off the track." Sam Schmidt wasn’t one of the official drivers at yesterday’s 100th Indianapolis 500, but his speed...

Long after his accident, Sam Schmidt takes the wheel again thanks to Project SAM

Sam Schmidt was paralyzed in a testing accident in 2000. Now he can drive again. In the late 90s, Sam Schmidt had a promising career...

Paralyzed man keeps busy driving for Uber

Luigi Girotto, of Rye, N.Y., drives his Uber van through the streets of Greenwich. Girotto is a quadriplegic and offers rides to clients with special transportation needs in his wheelchair-accessible van. His van has special driving controls that make it possible to operate with a limited range of motion.

Learning to Drive Again After a Spinal Cord Injury

https://youtu.be/2PV0vs6Fbq8 Courtney regains independence after a spinal cord injury by learning how to drive again. To learn more about Sharp's physical therapy and rehabilitation programs,...