One-armed woman "driven" to despair.

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http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/west...-1226064647632

A ONE-ARMED woman is grappling with WA transport authorities to be allowed to drive a manual car, despite a decade behind the wheel in the eastern states.

Lisa Murray, who lost the use of her arm in 1993 due to a nerve condition and had the arm amputated several years later, has been driving a manual car with no modifications since 2001 in Queensland.

But since moving to Harvey in the South-West two months ago, she has been told that she can only get a licence for an automatic car and would need to pay at least $500 for a special test. It is money she says she doesn't have.

Ms Murray said she has proved she can drive a manual car with one arm. She drove across three states on her own to settle in Harvey, pregnant and towing a trailer............

This scares the crap out of me as she was tested and they thought it was ok for her to steer with her legs during gear changes?? WTF

I`m all for people with disabilities doing everyday things but when there are cars with automatic gearboxes then common sense should prevail.