[nagdu] motorized wheelchairs was re soul searching - question

[Tracy Carcione]

I once had my foot run over by a person in a motorized wheelchair, but I
had accidentally stepped into the way, and he couldn't stop or swerve in
time.  Those things aren't all that agile, I think.
There may be jerks out there in motorized wheelchairs, but I expect most
people are doing the best they can with what they've got, same as we are.
Tracy

> I am amazed to hear some of these crazy cane stories especially when the
> inconsiderateness happens repeatedly, but although a cane user (like the
> one that almost crushed Bibi can be dangerous, a moving vehicle is
> worse.  My sighted husband has almost been run over several times by a
> person using a motorized wheelchair.  Once outside the Rehab Agency
> where I was going for a meeting, a man sped by in his motorized
> wheelchair and yelled excuse me as he sped away after I yelped.  Not
> sure how close he was but I felt a breze as he went by.  I have
> encountered far more inconsiderate motorized wheelchair users than cane
> users, and the damage they can do to a dog or pedestrian is more severe.
> Brenda
> scissors - wheelchair runs over dog who
> actually, at the last convention or two that I attended, while there
> were issues
> wiht stressed out dog and cane users, which could get irritating, the
> issue I had
> the msot was with the one gal in a motorized wheelchair.  that gal
> thought she was
> hell on wheels, and she jsut plowed through crowds.  My dog had to make
> quick moves
> around her which she took offense to, but geez, I did not want to be
> road kill!!!
> But she was probably as stressed as the vast majority of folks trying to
> not only
> learn new territory in a short period of time, but were trying to get
> from point
> A to point B so as to not be late for their intended destination.
> Vanessa Lowery, LGSW
> Adult and Community Services Division
>
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