When safe to Drive??
hiya
i was wondering whats stage are you allowed to drive again? specially when its your right lag with ATR?
Tara 
hiya
i was wondering whats stage are you allowed to drive again? specially when its your right lag with ATR?
Tara
August 3rd, 2011 at 4:38 pm
Hey Tara,
There are a lot of variables and no golden rule. I think most people would say its simply when you feel comfortable enough that you are not putting yourself or other drivers at risk. For me (also right ATR), I first drove around the neighborhood at 6 weeks in my wife’s automatic. I then practiced driving around suburban neighborhoods a good few days before I jumped back into rush hour traffic. The very first time I drove, I could easily ‘drive’ but knew if I had to make a split second decision and slam on my brakes I might be in trouble, so I waited a bit until my calf felt stronger. After about a week back into rush hour driving, I felt confident enough to start driving my manual again.
August 3rd, 2011 at 6:47 pm
I had my first physio appointment yesterday and asked her the same question. Her answer was “Thats a legal question, your doctor has to clear you to drive”. I actually never thought of that … could this be an insurance issue? If I try to drive to early and something happens … could insurance wash their hands?
Anyone done research on this?
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:06 pm
As stated above I think it is all when you feel comfortable driving. I started driving to work 6 days after surgery every day left footed. It was a bit weird at first getting the feel of the gas pedal and brake pedal with my left foot. After a couple days it was nothing. If you have a manual tranny this would all be a totally different story. Good Luck!
August 4th, 2011 at 3:28 am
thanks guys,,
in UK its rare for people to have an automatic cars we all have manuels i did try sitting in the car and pressing the pedels everything seemed fine but think ill try and wear a walking boot to drive to add stability as i cant drive with the CAM boot on its too wide. but think ill play it safe my next appointments is 17th aug will see what Doc ses x
August 4th, 2011 at 4:12 am
Tara, you are right to talk through with your doc.
The driver needs to be able to do an emergency stop and the Doc will advise when this is safe.
There is a guideline in the UK DVLAataglance.