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Originally Posted by Fat Charlie
Something tells me that the US automotive industry wasn't thinking helping amputees drive. It wasn't 'till the 1990s that we passed a law requiring wheelchair ramps and the like, and people still fight that "overregulation".
The carcos were just thinking about selling to idiots.
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Sure the accessibility issue was not a priority for the auto industry in the '40s and '50s, but at least Oldsmobile had advertised that automatics were easier for wounded WW2 veterans and the polio victims to get them fitted with hand controls, since it didn't require any clutch control.