It is perhaps unwise to get me started on this ….. but well you can skip this entry!

From this post on both scooters and pedestrians and their respective relationships with those in wheelchairs as well as retail space design.

It may be that there are incompetent scooter-users driving into market stalls and store aisles. Or it could be that having no consideration for people with mobility-impairments, market traders and store workers have piled displays and produce up in walkways, leaving only narrow gaps for people to walk through and insufficient room for a wheelchair, scooter, anyone with crutches or an otherwise wide gait. My wheelchair is not nearly so bulky as a scooter, but even in a supermarket I bump into things because there isn’t enough room. <emphesis belongs to original author– but heartily agreed with>

Here here. And then there is this:

I rarely bump into people, but it is hard work not to. Some pedestrians can be extremely absent-minded, expecting to be able to move about at terrific speeds and suddenly stop or change direction without collision. Quite apart from the fact that such people put themselves at risk, they are a genuine menace to those ambulant disabled people who walk slowly and are vulnerable to being knocked down. They should have to pass a test! If a pedestrian is involved in three accidents, they should have all their shoes and socks confiscated!

Unfortunately I don’t think removal of footwear is nearly as drastic as the removal of a car, but I like the sentiments. The mere removal of footwear would simply leave a lot of bare feet which would in turn lead to more angry/nervous/panicky/ people glaring at anyone in a mobility device. Perhaps amputation for careless bipedal?

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