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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 10:53:42 GMT -5
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Post by lars on May 26, 2015 10:55:39 GMT -5
Wow..
Going where the fence is the lowest.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 13:23:22 GMT -5
Wow.. Going where the fence is the lowest. Yes it sucks. I don't know where those places are but if you can't do stairs you're screwed! Maybe on your butt for some of you if it's really vital.  ? |
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Post by lars on May 26, 2015 13:25:43 GMT -5
It's much safer to go down the chairs with your chair, if you can do it, than try something stupid with ramps like these. The steep ramp in picture 2 is screaming for an accident to happen.
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Post by rebel6842 on May 26, 2015 20:46:23 GMT -5
All three of those are bad, but I don't get the impression that the first two were intentional (more like poor planning when they realized that they didn't have a ramp) The third one, however, is unacceptable...
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2015 0:50:56 GMT -5
I cant help but think that these were not intended for wheelchairs. I mean number 2 is verrrrrry narrow..not only steep.
But if so, then what would they be for?
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2015 6:40:27 GMT -5
It's much safer to go down the chairs with your chair, if you can do it, than try something stupid with ramps like these. The steep ramp in picture 2 is screaming for an accident to happen. I agree but to go down you need to climb the stairs up first! |
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Post by eva on May 27, 2015 8:07:33 GMT -5
I cant help but think that these were not intended for wheelchairs. I mean number 2 is verrrrrry narrow..not only steep. But if so, then what would they be for? Makes me think of the ones you find in the metro/subway in Paris. They're for suitcases with wheels. Never tried them so I don't know how useful they can be, especially this one... |
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2015 8:33:57 GMT -5
I am surprised how lenient you all are. I am not disabled neither have disabled friends  . I just always have been sensitive to wheelchair accessibility. From the country I come from it was very poor, almost non-existent as if PWD don't exist. Luckily enough I heard it's changing now because of public and political mobilisation but I was noticing those things decades ago and it used to anger me a lot. I guess it was already a dev empathetic concern at that time ;)However I think those 3 pics are a disgrace and a lack of respect to PWD. It looks like a bad joke. To my opinion they initially built those ramps, maybe for law-related obligations or primarily well-intentioned, but they didn't think any further or they simply didn't care it couldn't be used the way it was stupidily done  P.S : On picture 2, I assume there was initially a ramp but they added a wall right on top of it and even included the railing in the addition. You can see some remains at the bottom! |
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Post by Gale on May 27, 2015 12:27:21 GMT -5
What a shame. So ridiculous !  The thing I immediately noticed is how much of a skate boarder's wet dream these photos are. Incidentally, I would SO fuck around on those ramps/stairs, looks like an obstacle course almost! |
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Post by roger888 on May 27, 2015 14:24:21 GMT -5
It can't be anything to do with disabled access, the skateboard park makes more sense.
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Post by MotorcycleCrash on May 31, 2015 0:37:54 GMT -5
It can't be anything to do with disabled access, the skateboard park makes more sense. exactly what I was thinking |
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Post by donnetts on May 31, 2015 16:58:35 GMT -5
If I go somewhere and they don't have ramps, I won't stop, I keep going. There was a shop in downtown (I live in a small town) and there was no ramp. We don't have too many people in chairs here (or if we do, I've never seen them). A friend of mine asked me why I have never been to the shop. I told her 'There's no access ramp. how is someone supposed to get to the shop if they are in a chair or have to use crutches, and can't use the stairs?" needless to say, she is in a pretty high position in the Town hall and got access ramps installed. ;0 Pretty cool shop now.  |
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Post by rebel6842 on May 31, 2015 20:13:25 GMT -5
If I go somewhere and they don't have ramps, I won't stop, I keep going. There was a shop in downtown (I live in a small town) and there was no ramp. We don't have too many people in chairs here (or if we do, I've never seen them). A friend of mine asked me why I have never been to the shop. I told her 'There's no access ramp. how is someone supposed to get to the shop if they are in a chair or have to use crutches, and can't use the stairs?" needless to say, she is in a pretty high position in the Town hall and got access ramps installed. ;0 Pretty cool shop now. Out of curiosity-where are you in the world? But good on you for bringing that up... |
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Post by donnetts on May 31, 2015 21:27:42 GMT -5
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. I just always have been sensitive to wheelchair accessibility. From the country I come from it was very poor, almost non-existent as if PWD don't exist. Luckily enough I heard it's changing now because of public and political mobilisation but I was noticing those things decades ago and it used to anger me a lot. I guess it was already a dev empathetic concern at that time ;)However I think those 3 pics are a disgrace and a lack of respect to PWD. It looks like a bad joke. To my opinion they initially built those ramps, maybe for law-related obligations or primarily well-intentioned, but they didn't think any further or they simply didn't care it couldn't be used the way it was stupidily done 
