[nagdu] motorized wheelchairs was re soul searching - question

[Larry D. Keeler]

My wife does it to me all the time!  Her chair weighs 325 pounds!  I think 
she does it on purpose because she never runs over Holly's feet!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] motorized wheelchairs was re soul searching - question


>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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