Great stories Bobbie thanks for sharing. Joan
From: Gmail [mailto:bobbiehumphre...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 2:12 PM To: lwillis...@yahoo.com Cc: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Cushions I also had 2 driving scares of being out of control. 1. I had a shoulder strap that "hooked" by a metal ring, attached to the shoulder strap, to a "hook" on the floor. I moved a certain way and the ring came off of the hook ... so now I was laying on the steering wheel traveling about 40mph I aplyed the push break and came to a full stop but not until I went up over the curb, onto the grass, and stopped 1 foot in front of a telephone pole. 2. I was driving, Pete was with me, when out of the blue the shoulder strap, that was mounted to the ceiling by 2 bolts, just came off all of a sudden. I was, again, laying against the steering wheel and managed to apply the break. Pete and I switched seats and he drove home. 3. I was driving using a U grip for steering and the brackets just came apart onto the floor and I was holding the steering pin off the steering wheel. I was only 1 mile from home and managed to steer home by putting my hand in between the Y of the steering wheel. 4. Two different times I ended up with my bak-end of my van stuck in a ditch. Thus was my first van that (fir some unknown reason) I had posie-traction installed. So I just " floored" the van and the posie-traction "kicked" in to gear and both times I literally bolted out, "air born" of my ditch(s). Another time the posie-traction kicked in was when I was back a boat into the water on a slippery ramp. I didn't want my muffler to go in the water so I " floored" it and the van flew once again. One time I got stuck on ice, in February, by a remote lake all alone ... before cell phones. It was about 4:00 I got on my CB radio to call for help. The tow truck AND police care also got stuck and another tow truck had to rescue us all. Bobbie Smile Everyday On Mar 30, 2015, at 7:13 AM, lwillis...@yahoo.com wrote: Wow, Ron. I can just imagine those moments when you were trying to regain control. That helpless feeling of panic is simply beyond description. I know I don't have the trust in my controls that I once did. I try to limit my solo driving as well. For some reason I always think, What if this thing catches on fire?" I guess I am paranoid. I do keep a fire extinguisher on board. Anyway, Ron, I am certainly glad you came out unscathed. Our lives are tough enough without these little escapades. Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com From: RONALD L PRACHT <r.pra...@sbcglobal.net> Date: March 29, 2015 at 8:15:15 PM EDT To: Quad-list Post <quad-list@eskimo.com> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Cushions Reply-To: RONALD L PRACHT <r.pra...@sbcglobal.net> Ive had two situations in my van that were crazy.One time I pressed down on the monarch hand control from a stop light and the accelerator got stuck at 85 percent throttle. The other time I was coming down a hill and the engine died, the people that installed my hand controls never accounted for the engine being off when you apply the brake using the hand control. Because I had to press much harder because the engine died there wasn't enough travel for the control and the control was hitting the dashboard and I couldn't stop. I quickly put the emergency brake on, then pressed as hard as I could on the hand control bending the plastic on the dash. I was able to get about 60 percent brake control and the added help from the emergency brake to be able to top just short of a pole. I mean only 20 feet to spare. Ron On Sunday, March 29, 2015 2:47 PM, Joan Anglin <poaj...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: WOW, and I thought that breaking my leg when my chair brakes failed was traumatic! But here you are still contributing to this group, thank goodness. Glad that you made it through what had to have been a miserable time of your life. Joan From: lwillis...@yahoo.com [mailto:lwillis...@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2015 10:17 AM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Cushions Back in the nineties I bought a brand new Caravan, an IMS conversion. The tie-down was a floor-post with the latch on the chair. In the first month it released me twice without cause. Fortunately I was going slow and able to stop both times. Until.... On July 14 I backed out of my parents drive. I pulled it into drive and pulled back on the accelerator. The van lurched forward....and my tie-down released. The van picked up speed and I went rolling helplessly to the back of the van. I left the road, jumped a ditch, and hit a large tree head-on at 45 mph. I was thrown forward violently and jammed under the dashboard. The van was totaled. It took EMT nearly three hours to get me out. My chair was bent like a pretzel, my legs broke and knees shattered, concussion and internal bleeding. The docs wanted to amputate my legs but I refused. Today they stay bent and spastic and make me miserable. I should have let them cut. Anyway, that's how I broke my legs. Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com From: Larry Willis <lwillis82...@gmail.com> Date: March 28, 2015 at 10:34:02 PM EDT To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Cushions Hit a tree in my van. I'll fill in the details tomorrow. Larry Willis Retired and proud of it Begin forwarded message: Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com From: RONALD L PRACHT <r.pra...@sbcglobal.net> Date: March 28, 2015 at 8:53:11 PM EDT To: Quad-list Post <quad-list@eskimo.com> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Cushions Reply-To: RONALD L PRACHT <r.pra...@sbcglobal.net> How did you break your legs Larry? I would like to hear the story............................. Ron On Saturday, March 28, 2015 7:37 PM, Larry Willis <lwillis82...@gmail.com> wrote: For the first 25 years of my quad life I used a simple ten dollar inflatable cushion....or nothing. I never had even a hint of a sore. Then I broke both legs and had to wear casts for six months. The lousy things created awful sores on my heels, ankles, knees, everywhere the cast touched with any pressure. It was like that opened the floodgates. I have fought sores constantly since then. They simply will not heal. I have three right now -- on my butt, hip, and ankle. Had them for over five years. I have resigned to take them with me to the grave. I am near 63 years old; can't be that much longer. Larry Willis Retired and proud of it
