Wheelchairs prompt safety fears

Quoted message said:

Also, some of the feedback responses at the bottom of the page seem to
be typically anti-cyclist.

Sent off a reply vaguely like this:

Some people have missed the point Allen Jones was making. The regulation
of cyclists was an example to show how ridiculous regulation of wheelchairs
would be.

8mph on road is an annoyance, not a danger. In the event of an accident it
is the wheelchair user that gets injured. As for comments about unsafe
overtaking, how hard is it to safely overtake something 3 feet wide
travelling at a max of 8mph?

As for being uninsured, if they can afford these things they can afford to
pay for your scratched bumper out of their own pocket.

"Mark Thompson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Also, some of the feedback responses at the bottom of the page seem to
be typically anti-cyclist.

Sent off a reply vaguely like this:

Some people have missed the point Allen Jones was making. The regulation
of cyclists was an example to show how ridiculous regulation of
wheelchairs
would be.

8mph on road is an annoyance, not a danger. In the event of an accident
it
is the wheelchair user that gets injured. As for comments about unsafe
overtaking, how hard is it to safely overtake something 3 feet wide
travelling at a max of 8mph?

As for being uninsured, if they can afford these things they can afford to
pay for your scratched bumper out of their own pocket.

However they may not be able to pay for the medical fees, lost wages, etc
when they break someones ankle whist driving them on the pavement.

Russ 'wheelchair user'

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:45:14 +0000 someone who may be Colin
Blackburn <[email hidden]> wrote this:-

Quoted message said:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4371431.stm

"Just as there are good and bad cyclists, there are good and bad users
of powered wheelchairs."

The sign on the back of the one that is often parked outside the pub
by our office. "Driven by an ex-Royal Marine with attitude".

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prevents me by using the RIP Act 2000.

"Russ" <[email hidden]>typed

Quoted message said:

However they may not be able to pay for the medical fees, lost wages, etc
when they break someones ankle whist driving them on the pavement.

or knock someone off his ladder, injuring rather more than one joint.

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Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
Edgware.

On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 00:14:45 GMT, Helen Deborah Vecht
<[email hidden]> wrote in message
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or knock someone off his ladder, injuring rather more than one joint.

If he's Dutch, anyway.

Guy
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you know? said:

Quoted message said:

or knock someone off his ladder, injuring rather more than one joint.

If he's Dutch, anyway.

Sign seen this afternoon in Newmarket -- "Half Price Pot Sale!"

It also said the location of the sale was "Kitchens & Things", but they
show no sign of supplying anything in the pot line that wasn't made from
clay....

On the positive side: this afternoon's showers over East Anglia managed
to avoid Newmarket, so I could cycle there for the Saturday shopping.

Even more positive: leg speed is at 100 rpm, unusual for March.

Mike

On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 20:11:51 +0000, Mike Causer
<[email hidden]> wrote in message
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leg speed is at 100 rpm, unusual for March.

Never mind, you'll get back up to speed soon (said the man who likes
to keep above 105rpm all year round)

Guy
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http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

"To every complex problem there is a solution which is
simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken