> There are many times that high speed and all the stuff
 > you see in the movies
 > is not necessary. Chances are, the police officer
 > might even ask you to drive
 > and have you stop the car well out of danger. A
 > portion of this discussion
 > seems to indicate that police officers have no
 > compassion or understanding
 > for people with disabilities, and that would be
 > incorrect. I might not even
Something that needs to be said is that the great majority of people are 
either helpful or neutral.  However, there are times when people's attempts 
at being helpful can be a serious hazard to my safety.  Take, for example, 
those doors in commercial establishments which swing open when you push, then 
are closed by a pneumatic closer.  Ever become familiar with one with a 
strong resistance to being pushed, then almost fall to the floor one day when 
it had been adjusted to much less resistance, unknown to you?  Or yanked 
open, if it's a solid restroom door, by somebody who just happened to be 
leaving?  If the distance is quite short and there are no obstacles to my 
doing so, I often go into a place with my cane.  Often, people will see me 
coming, and hold the door for me, which is all right.  Negotiating such doors 
becomes hazardous when people rush up behind me and push the door open at the 
very moment when I am expecting, and *depending upon* its resistance.  People 
who rush up from the other side and yank the door open at the critical moment 
present the same hazard.  I simply haven't the agility that most people have 
to recover from the sudden loss of support.  There are other hazardous 
situations, but I think this suffices to show that in spite of people's best 
intentions, we with disabilities have to look out for ourselves.
 > be able to drive your car, depending on any special
 > controls or devices that
 > may be installed in your vehicle. For the right
 > reasons and the right cause,
 > your messages indicate you would do everything you
 > could physically do to
 > help.
I wouldn't have a problem with this.
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