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Driving with a broken leg

Started by _steve253_ , Sep 06 2006 07:42 PM

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#1 _steve253_

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Posted 06 September 2006 - 07:42 PM

Hello all Can any one tell me if its legal to drive in NSW with a plaster cast on your leg. Manual car with right leg in a short cast. Just though Id ask. Cheers Steve

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#2 LS1LX

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Posted 06 September 2006 - 08:15 PM

Don't know if its legal or not.

But one of the best burnouts I have ever seen on the street was around 7 years ago, this guy we got chatting to at the servo one saturday night.
Had a LH 308 built up sedan, his right leg was in a cast but when he left the servo he chooked all 3 lanes in Brookvale with smoke everywhere.

Point of the story is you can still shred tyres with your leg in a cast, but it might not be legal. haha.

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#3 _LX8VD69_

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Posted 06 September 2006 - 08:17 PM

although im not in NSW, i cant see it being too much of a problem, i got out of my SLR in front of the coppers at a servo with a cast on my right leg and they didnt seem too fussed, but i reckon youll get sick of it pretty quick and do the same thing i did, i cut it off my self, what ever you do it will be fun.................. not. oh and i hope your leg gets better soon

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Posted 07 September 2006 - 12:51 AM

It is ok as long as the cast doesn't interfere with the operation of the controls (accelerator/brake). If it does and it leads to a lose or a prang you will be on the receiving end of a nastygram.

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#5 MRLXSS

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Posted 07 September 2006 - 01:57 AM

yeh i would stick to driving Auto's only!

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#6 _devilsadvocate_

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Posted 07 September 2006 - 12:11 PM

Id say no, but if you have a letter from your doctor describing it is safe....you may be ok. Id doubt that it would be, can you really stomp on the brake pedal if you need to? or is there the possibility you could get it caught on something....like the other leg etc.

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Posted 07 September 2006 - 12:16 PM

actually, now i have read it again, im not sure whether i would be driving at all..

If it was my left leg in a cast i would drive an auto.

But the right leg, i would just not drive. What do u mean by short cast? just ankle to calf?

Yeah get someone else to drive u around

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#8 _TORANASS_

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Posted 07 September 2006 - 12:55 PM

Not a good idea, iv driven with just a twisted right ankle and almost rapped up my VN a few times.. You just cant hit the brakes hard, your leg reacts and once you feel pain it lets go and the car dont stop..

John

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#9 _LC2250_

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Posted 07 September 2006 - 06:14 PM

friends dad had a bingle with a broken limb ... his insurance company didn't indemnify him ...

Lucky it wasn't TOO expensive ...

-Al

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#10 RIM-010

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Posted 07 September 2006 - 06:23 PM

Dad's mate had a broken leg. (Really badly broken, like, three bones broken), and he drove around in a Manual Nissan Patrol no worries...

Not sure bout legality though...

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