great, we really must take things into our own hands.
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael H. Collis [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 12:59 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Curb Cuts - Jump up and down on Desks, People!
There will be one, Ken, coming in June or July. It will be called the Pride
Blast. Pride Mobility will put it out, and I think it will be able to go up
and
down curbs, curbcuts, and go at speeds of 10+ mph... Not your regular
powerchair... LOL
"Barber, Kenneth L." wrote:
> is there a market for all terrain scooters and chairs. four wheel drive
> etc. could a good engineer design one that would be affordable? maybe
just
> design a club to beat these people with until they are willing to stop and
> pay attention.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rayna Lamb [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 11:10 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Curb Cuts - Jump up and down on Desks, People!
>
> Oh, so it isn't just Aussie councils that are morons, a lot of the
> `new' curb cuts aren't level here in Perth. Disabled advocates have
> been explaining about this for years, but NO-ONE LISTENS. I would
> have thought it would be obvious to most people that they need to be
> level, most wheelchairs/scooters aren't designed for rough terrain.
> Mind you, entrances to DRIVEWAYS are almost always level. Call me
> paranoid, but I think this is more than simple ignorance on the part
> of the people in charge, if they haven't got the message after all
> these years, they never will.
>
> Rayna
>
> On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 09:07:16AM -0500, greer.bobby wrote:
> The City of Memphis must have gotten a load of Federal dollars for
curb
> cuts.
> They are putting them on all the main streets of East Memphis(the
> upwardly
> mobile section, no pun intended). Anyway, they put in these super nice
> curb at
> the bottom of which is about one and a half to two inches of jagged
> asphalt! No
> on thought to tell the bozos that the curb cut should be level with
the
> pavement!
>
> Bobby
>
> Barber, Kenneth L. wrote:
>
> > you are so right carla, nothing moves politicians like publicity.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Carla MacInnis [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 9:00 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Curb Cuts - Jump up and down on Desks, People!
> >
> > Mag,
> >
> > You need to use the media to your advantage with regard to getting
> curb
> > cuts.
> > Call the lifestyles editor of several papers. Heck call your local
tv
> > station. Tell
> > them it's a human interest story that affects everyone, not just
those
> with
> > mobility disabilities. Or, you could chain yourself to a lamp post
> until
> > things
> > start to happen :)
> >
> > Years ago, in the city of Fredericton, I called the Mayor's office
> and
> > they gave
> > me a police officer and a van for the day. We drove around the city,
> scoping
> > out
> > poor side walks and crappy curbs, and I wrote a report and it was
> submitted
> > to City
> > Council. Within a month, work began, street by street, on fixing
cuts;
> heck,
> > there
> > were 4 curbs in front of a nursing home that had no cuts. Scary.
> >
> > Approaching the newspaper is one of the best ways to get the
message
> out
> > there -
> > not only wheelchair users need the assist, but parents with tots in
> > strollers, the
> > elderly with walkers/canes. Nothing worse than getting a cane lodged
> in a
> > crack on
> > the sidwalk - I've seen more than one elder take a flip. Not fun.
> >
> > If each of us did this sort of thing in our city/town, things
would
> move
> > along
> > very nicely, I'm sure.
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Carla
> > http://www.brunnet.net/terrier
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