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i heard steering balls were banned in the usa....
« on: 21 January 2011, 18:50:14 »
is this correct? if so what do disabled people do?
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Re: i heard steering balls were banned in the usa....
« Reply #1 on: 21 January 2011, 19:13:20 »
 :-? I had one fitted to my old Series III Landy; I always frightened myself by imagining how my forehead would look with that embedded in it! :o
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Re: i heard steering balls were banned in the usa....
« Reply #2 on: 21 January 2011, 19:46:55 »
There are probably disability exemptions in place for those that need them. some drivers fit them to their trucks but i'm not a fan of them myself except on forklifts where you nee alot of lock to lock quickly.
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Re: i heard steering balls were banned in the usa....
« Reply #3 on: 21 January 2011, 19:49:53 »
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:-? I had one fitted to my old Series III Landy; I always frightened myself by imagining how my forehead would look with that embedded in it! :o
More likely to break your hand or thumb if a front wheel hit a rut & span full lock in a second.
    These gimmicks should never be fitted to any off road vehicle.
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Re: i heard steering balls were banned in the usa....
« Reply #4 on: 21 January 2011, 20:03:52 »
ISTR that they aren't supposed to be fitted in the UK for driving (only for manoeuvring) except by medical certificate... But may be wrong :-/ :-/
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Re: i heard steering balls were banned in the usa....
« Reply #5 on: 21 January 2011, 21:14:15 »
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is this correct? if so what do disabled people do?

Not every disabled driver use's them.  I drive with disabled drivers hand controls and I don't use one.

Learnt to drive without one as that's what my assessor advised me to do before I went to drive a test car, said they were dangerous.
Damn right to... if you don't use it 100% of the time, as if you try to use the wheel ordinary and the wheel spins around too quick, they don't have cause some bruising on the wrist bone, and cause a lot of loud swearing to  :o

People don't seem to be scared of my driving even though I don't use a steering ball though.

Mind you Lee (Wellung) may say different  ;D
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Re: i heard steering balls were banned in the usa....
« Reply #6 on: 21 January 2011, 21:19:07 »
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ISTR that they aren't supposed to be fitted in the UK for driving (only for manoeuvring) except by medical certificate... But may be wrong :-/ :-/

that was my understanding too.
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