Decided to try something this morning that we right leg ATRs have dreamt about for a while, driving. We needed to get a couple of things for my son’s birthday party, so I volunteered to drive to the store and get the items. My wife hemmed and hawed for a second, but I think it was just for show as she has to be tired of doing all of the driving… 
It was a pretty un-eventful trip. About 3 or 4 miles round-trip with about 5 stoplights each direction and a max speed of ~30mph. Accelerating was a bit difficult, don’t expect to see me winning any drag races anytime soon, as the fine muscle control just isn’t there. I considered this a good thing as not going too fast means no chance of braking too fast/hard. The difficult part was the drive back. I walked around in the store for a good 1/2 hour, so when it was time to leave, I was already getting fatigued. I used my left foot for initial braking on the way home, and switched over to my right foot for the fine part (I hate the jerk stops that I get when braking completely with my left foot.)
Clearly, it’s going to be a while before I’m ready for a major road trip, but hopefully, with a little more practice and continuing to do my exercises and PT, I’ll be able to make the 10 mile morning commute to work and allow my co-workers to turn in their taxi badges.
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