Our club, AHSDC, once had a funkhana that had the driver blindfolded
and a navigator calling the shots.
the course was setup quite tight so that to get around the course the driver
had to do a 3 point turn (i.e. use reverse) at one point.
the finish had bonus points for how close you finished to a plastic star
post
(i.e. the distance b/n front of car and post. It wasn't driven in hard so
that
misjudgements just knocked it over.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Schooler <schooler@erols.com>
To: William M. Gilroy <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
Cc: Rick Morrison <gofastmg@juno.com>; joannaadler@yahoo.com
<joannaadler@yahoo.com>; mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, 7 January 1999 12:29
Subject: Re: Blind Driver Rally Was: Blackout at 60mph
>William M. Gilroy wrote:
>>
>> Bill Schooler wrote:
>> >
>> > On a personal note, I have a fairly severe hearing loss. Picture
that -
>> > a blind navigator and a deaf driver...now there was a real challenge!
>> >
>> Bill,
>> Your right, a blind navigator and a deaf driver would be real hard. Here
>> is my fix for the problem. Let the blind guy drive, that way he will
hear
>> all of the instructions from you. The should be in the form of "TURN
LEFT
>> NOW! BRAKE! GAS! OH SH*T!!". You should be the naviagtor since you can
>> see all the landmarks. Of course you will have to learn braille, or you
>> could just have the driver read the instructions, its not like he has to
>> watch the road. Should work fine, trust me. Oh yea, if a cop stops you
>> two, just claim that the blind guy was the most sober, and you two were
>> just trying to keep the roads safe. Good luck.
>
>This could work. I got absolutely no sympathy when I asked for a
>special handicap - but this idea has promise. Actually, if we could
>work out the insurance issues - there are bound to be some - and arrange
>for the use of a large, empty parking lot (a high school, perhaps?) why
>not set up a relatively easy gymkhana type course and give this a try?
>You have no idea how much the navigators enjoy this event - for once
>THEY are in charge and responsible for getting from one point to
>another. And to actually get a chance to drive a car? I'm beginning to
>like this more and more...
>
>Bill Schooler
>>
>> ----
>> Bill GilroyE-mail: wmgilroy@lucent.com
>> Telephone: 732-957-4775
>> Fax: 732-957-4775
>
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