Video review of advanced driving controls

[Cal]

Another series of videos from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation covering the available range of advanced driving controls and custom conversions of more unusual wheelchair accessible vehicles:

http://www.christopherreeve.org/site/c.mtKZKgMWKwG/b.4453469/k.8F9D/Cars_and_Driving.htm

Cal

[ex-Gooserider]

It would have been a lot more interesting / useful if they spent more time on the controls and technology options and less on an assortment of talking heads telling how / why it is desirable to get back to driving... It seemed to me that the first video was about 95% talking heads and 5% tech, the second was more like 80/20, but still the proportions seemed like they should have been reversed, or the title changed to "Why you might want to drive" and don't raise the expectation of seeing much actual technology.

For someone that already knows that they want to drive, and is wanting to learn what technology options there are, I'd say the videos were a waste of time. They might be useful for someone that isn't sure they want to drive, or doesn't think they can, but not sure of that...

Fortunately, I won't need any of the high-tech level stuff in my van, but as one that is interested in at least having an idea of what is out there and how the technology works, I felt they were grossly lacking in valuable content. (IMHO it seems that this is a problem with a lot of the Reeve Foundation videos...)

The videos after the control ones, showing some of the "Hot Wheels" unusual adaptations was better in terms of showing vehicles, but still to much time on talking head shots and not enough on the vehicles.

ex-Gooserider

[Lord Chatterley]

Talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk...

LC