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When my wife( 77/20+) was first diagnosed as PD and shortly after had to get her drivers license renewed, there was a question on the form about neurological conditions of some sort. She got a letter from the neuro saying she was capable of driving and that was it. She eventually gave up driving when her foot bounced on the accelerator and we bounced down the road. (reminded us of the old movies with cars bouncing away - anybody remember them ). When she applied for the handicapped parking permit nothing was said about taking her license. The permits here are obtained from the town clerk's office. We are in New York state. Bob Anibal [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: B.Bruce Anderson <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sunday, December 07, 1997 4:53 AM Subject: Handicapped Parking Permits > A question was posed here recently about handicapped parking regs. I was >going to look into it in NJ and possibly apply for a permit, but this >question just caused me to recall a number of postings here about two +/- >years ago about some danger in doing so. One or more posters relayed >expierences where they applied for one, or otherwise let a state division >of motor vehicles know they had PD. Their licenses were immediately taken >away until they took some kind of a road test, even though they felt there >was nothing at all wrong with their driving. Does any one have a >recollection of this, and what happened? > And does anyone have any comments in general about applying for a >permit, disclosing one has PD? Or would it be better perhaps to get the >neuro to couch the request in terms of the symptom - in my case painful >feet? > Thanks. >Bruce A (51, 3+)