Dashboard Cameras

[holliscx]

I got a laugh out of this. I'm in a wheelchair to get around because I have a full leg cast anyway yesterday I was coming down a steep sidewalk and had to turn right 90 degrees to cross the street. Anyone who's ever ridden in a wheelchair knows this isn't easy. As I was making my move with a green light to cross, an oblivious driver pulls right into the crosswalk. I had to brake at a 3/4 angle whilst turning on a descent which the wheelchair was not having. So I had no choice but to put my good foot on the ground to support the chair from toppling over. If I had only had GoPros recording we could put this driver away where he belongs. ; )

[j44ke]

I got a laugh out of this. I'm in a wheelchair to get around because I have a full leg cast anyway yesterday I was coming down a steep sidewalk and had to turn right 90 degrees to cross the street. Anyone who's ever ridden in a wheelchair knows this isn't easy. As I was making my move with a green light to cross, an oblivious driver pulls right into the crosswalk. I had to brake at a 3/4 angle whilst turning on a descent which the wheelchair was not having. So I had no choice but to put my good foot on the ground to support the chair from toppling over. If I had only had GoPros recording we could put this driver away where he belongs. ; )

My impression is that wheelchairs require artillery to cross some intersections safely, at least in NYC.

[holliscx]

My impression is that wheelchairs require artillery to cross some intersections safely, at least in NYC.

There's definitely a need for urban wheelchairs. The front wheels are laughably sensitive to the slightest degree of slope. On sidewalks most of the time I have to simultaneously brake with my left hand while propelling forward with my right. It's like swimming upstream and this is only for a slope which is exacerbated if going uphill.

Still I get out a couple times a day and spin around for upper body exercise, but wheelchairs are definitely designed for smooth flat marble floors at the hospital where they can turn on a dime but gloves are off once I hit the urban jungle.

Zoo York is crowded with pedestrians making a wheelchair worse than a baby stroller. I lived in the city for 4 years and remember pitying the elderly. NYC is a tough place to grow old.