[Blind-rollers] Tuesday wheelchair meeting

[Criminal Justice Major Extraordinaire]

Hi, all,
I will be attending the Tuesday wheelchair meeting tomorrow at the Landis or Atlantis Community Center not just to represent blind wheelchair users, but all others that have vision.
My hopes are that I'll learn a lot from the meeting upon expressing my concerns on how power wheelchairs could be better adaptive for all to where they won't tip over as easily.
There are some out there that do easily tip over.
A friend and neighbor that I know on the third floor has a small Jazzy powerchair that easily tips over as the drive wheels are in the front and the two coaster wheels are in the back.
She informed me that her chair actually tipped over sideways on her while she was using it.
Thankfully, she didn't get severely injured, but it took a couple of people to help get her and the chair back up on all fours.
The suggestion I plan on making is that if a power chair is to have only two drive wheels and two small coaster wheels, the drive wheels should be in the back and the smaller wheels up front.
Although her chair has tip wheels, it wasn't enough to stop her from flipping over sideways.
When I asked her how fast she was going, my neighbor told me she wasn't going that fast for it to happen.
Another suggestion I will bring to the table is that the power chairs should have some reflective tape for night time as if they did, motorists would be able to see the chair directly.
As for the color of the reflective tape, I will suggest bright yellow or orange.
I can't guarentee that they will go through.
I'd love to see the size of the motor/battery compartment dosnsized some as I've seen some large, bluky motors on power chairs that are very wide.
For instance on my Quantum610, there's two batteries along with two drive wheel motors.
I've found sometimes, that can be a hassle of the compartment being wide, especially when having to go through narrow places or tight spots.
I will let everyone know how it all goes later on today or tomorrow.
Sincerely:
Bibi and son Odie