Blind mom sues over legal roadblock

The Rocky Mountain News ^ | 5-3-05 | Hector Gutierrez

[moondoggie]

Blind mom sues over legal roadblock *** A 15-year-old girl who got her minor's instruction permit in October has yet to take to the road. Juliana Barber's mother is blind and doesn't qualify to supervise her daughter when she drives because of her disability. http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_3747279,00.html

[moondoggie]

Unbelievably dumb alert!

[kellynla]

No reason why he can't, freeways all over America are full of blind drivers! LOL

[al baby]

Dont be a dumbass

[Mr. K]

Is that the real headline? because it is very misleading- she does not want to teach her, she wants to be allowed to name someone else who can.

[SouthWall]

Send her to driver's education classes. Mom could drive her there.

[Andy from Beaverton]

[Cicero]

Is her daughter lame? Then perhaps they should allow it, since it would be the lame leading the blind.

[cowboyway]

Why do they put white lines in the middle of the road?

So that blind people can drive too.

[bwteim]

The HEADLINE IS: Blind mom sues over legal roadblock
Daughter, 15, stuck in neutral due to law in driving case

The key paragraph is:

"Juliana Barber's mother is blind and doesn't qualify to supervise her daughter when she drives because of her disability."

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

Sharp as a hammer, this lady.

[nuconvert]

The real headline is : "Blind mom sues over legal roadblock"

You seem to have misunderstood the article.
The woman wants to be able to legally designate another family member to be the child's guardian to allow the child to drive with that family member.

[nuke rocketeer]

Why did the judge even let this get into court? Where's the common sense? Oops! I forgot, common sense has no place in the modern activist American judicial system.

[LizardQueen]

Toonces? :lol:

LQ

[LizardQueen]

I've always wondered why they had braille on the keys of the drive-up ATM.

LQ

[moondoggie]

My apologies and thanks for the correction!

After another cup of coffee, I did re-read the article and .......I screwed up.

Maybe the administrator can change the title?

sigh!

[corlorde]

For the blind drivers, of course!@!

[Little Ray]

Ahhh! But the ADA requires that someone (the state in this case, I guess, or maybe the automakers?) make "reasonable accommodations" for her disability...
The legal beagles' idea of "reasonable accommodation" can be pretty extreme!

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

I thought it was the CAR WASH!

[GoLightly]

I'm glad you pointed that out, because it encouraged me to read the rest of the article. I think the state should find an accommodation for situations like this one.

On the one hand, parental instruction doesn't end the day the child gets their license, but on the other hand, most young drivers put in more miles without their parent in the car than miles with them in the car.

Still, preventing the girls from getting their licenses until they are 18, because their legal guardian is blind & ineligible to have a license is sorta messed up. Can Mom license a vehicle in the state & get auto insurance?

[rabidralph]

If you read the whole story, the gist is that Co. law says a parent has to be with the child with the learner's permit. The girl wants permission to have another adult supervise her driving. The Co. Att. Gen. says no. The mother needs to give up parental control before someone else can supervise the girl's driving. The Att. Gen. will not budge on letting another adult supervise the girl.