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Indie_Kid

dane-katie wrote: »

I think you should just find yourself lucky i had my provisional license taken away when i was learning because of my disabiltity, so i stick with my free bus pass now.

Same here. Can't always manage on public transport and can't and will never be able to drive.

pwales_2

i did have my licence taken away to and i had to do a driving assement as part of my rehab in hospital, then i had to sit a test in an adapted car , so not lucky just did my test again proved i could pass a driving test using just my arms

Indie_Kid

pwales wrote: »

i did have my licence taken away to and i had to do a driving assement as part of my rehab in hospital, then i had to sit a test in an adapted car , so not lucky just did my test again proved i could pass a driving test using just my arms

You are lucky. At least you can drive. That is something I will never be able to legally do.

pwales_2

sh1305 wrote: »

You are lucky. At least you can drive. That is something I will never be able to legally do.

LUCKY! i didnt feel lucky when i hit the floor and rearanged my spine, without bad luck i would have none ,
but at least i get a car vat free:D ah

Indie_Kid

pwales wrote: »

LUCKY! i didnt feel lucky when i hit the floor and rearanged my spine, without bad luck i would have none ,
but at least i get a car vat free:D ah

You probably have a lot more independence than people like me who can't drive and struggle to get out by themselves.

pwales_2

sh1305 wrote: »

You probably have a lot more independence than people like me who can't drive and struggle to get out by themselves.

sh let me tell you with no hesitation i would swap my paraplegia for any working legs regardless of how far they could walk or how much they hurt!

but you are right i would not swap for blindness, driving is a massive way for independance

do you not have a partner who can drive?

wattdallas

sh1305 wrote: »

You are lucky. At least you can drive. That is something I will never be able to legally do.

Lucky ,if driving is the one thing you cant do ,YOUR the lucky one .{cheek].

Sh is not blind .

easy

Excuse me, please can we stick to the point, and not descend into an embittered discussion of who is the most disabled/whose disability affects them most PLEASE?

We all have our problems, it isn't a competition for who is in the worst place.

pwales_2

easy wrote: »

Excuse me, please can we stick to the point, and not descend into an embittered discussion of who is the most disabled/whose disability affects them most PLEASE?

We all have our problems, it isn't a competition for who is in the worst place.

i only answered sh question she brought it up all i said was i think vat should be looked at for disabled people,
then sh starts with the "what about us with x disability" and how lucky i am to be paralized!
i will be glad to keep on track!

DarbyAllan

Having thought a lot about this thread (and ignoring the willy waving of who is worse than who), although I can see a case for reducing fuel costs, the chances of it actually happening are nil in reality.

For one thing how to 'claim it' would be a nightmare, and on who lies the authority of who can claim it and the actual claim process behind it. I am sure agencies such as HMR&C would not relish taking on the extra work inviolved. Also with the countries current economic deficit, every penny counts and if that is pennies per litre does add up to quite a lot. I am sure the treasury would not allow it.

Also do not forget that in future benefit and certain pension rises are going to be confined to CPI inlieu of RPI. I forsee the sitation becoming even tighter in the future but until such time as the country is back on an even fiscal or positive fiscal situation, there is, sadly, no chance of it happening.

DA