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Why aren't disabled cyclists treated the same as disabled motorists?
I'm not sure of why you want to discuss the differences of a disabled
cyclist or motorist and quote incorrect information. I am disabled, have a Motability vehicle and ride a handcycle for exercise so I am a disabled driver AND a disabled cyclist. In your first paragraph you say that cyclists are banned from areas that a wheelchair can go. Like where?unless you mean it being a unsafe to ride around a small shop on you bicycle where a wheelchair would be more manoeuvrable. The information on Motabiliy is mostly correct, but what is wrong with paying a small deposit when starting a lease on a car, I do it every three years and gain a massive benefit from having 3 years costs free motoring (not counting the ridicules price of unleaded). Personally I love being able to drive around in my car but baulk at the high cost of a fuel which for me, should not be considered a VAT product as it is a necessity to get me and my wheelchair/ handcyles around to shopping and other places that I need to go to, but I can't use my handcycle to do the same tasks as shopping as it is not designed as a mull but a recreational device -- OJ http://oliverguyjones.blogspot.com/ Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped. Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915) |
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Why aren't disabled cyclists treated the same as disabled motorists?
"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote in message ... On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:58:51 -0700 (PDT), Nuxx Bar said in : Perhaps because the car is a proper, necessary, useful form of transport that disabled people actually want to, and are able to, use (how many disabled cyclists do *you* see)? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handcycle Ah see that you have found the a picture of my old mate, Geoff Marshall and his Top End Gold. There are more of us out there, I have not met anyone else riding a handcyle around London although I do get people I know saying they have see someone here or there. I have see a Columbian guy with one leg riding around the Finsbury Park area, that has to be fun at the lights! -- OJ http://oliverguyjones.blogspot.com/ Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped. Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915) |
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Why aren't disabled cyclists treated the same as disabled motorists?
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:17:10 +0100, "Guy Ballantine"
said in : Ah see that you have found the a picture of my old mate, Geoff Marshall and his Top End Gold. I uploaded it myself :-) Are you any relation to Richard? Guy -- May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk 85% of helmet statistics are made up, 69% of them at CHS, Puget Sound |
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Why aren't disabled cyclists treated the same as disabledmotorists?
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:11:21 +0100
"Guy Ballantine" wrote: In your first paragraph you say that cyclists are banned from areas that a wheelchair can go. Like where? Pedestrianised shopping areas. |
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Why aren't disabled cyclists treated the same as disabled motorists?
In article , Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
On 11 Jun 2008 22:17:23 +0100 (BST), (Alan Braggins) said in : Not long ago I saw someone with one leg riding a Brompton. What was the other leg riding? I've no idea - only the one attached to his body was in sight :-) (See also http://xkcd.com/191/ (though it's a bit unfair).) |
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Why aren't disabled cyclists treated the same as disabled motorists?
Rob Morley wrote:
"Guy Ballantine" wrote: In your first paragraph you say that cyclists are banned from areas that a wheelchair can go. Like where? Pedestrianised shopping areas. True. And the interiors of shops and supermarkets. And the end of the row in a theatre or cinema. And railway platforms (believe it or not, but someone recently suggested that cyclists should be allowed to cycle along the platforms!). |
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Why aren't disabled cyclists treated the same as disabled motorists?
Response to Alan Braggins
Not long ago I saw someone with one leg riding a Brompton. What was the other leg riding? I've no idea - only the one attached to his body was in sight :-) (See also http://xkcd.com/191/ (though it's a bit unfair).) Going ever-so-slightly OT, hitting RANDOM got me http://xkcd.com/346/ which made me laugh till it hurt, which is pretty good going after only one coffee. -- Mark, UK "Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths." |
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Why aren't disabled cyclists treated the same as disabled motorists?
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Alan Braggins tweaked the Babbage-Engine to tell us: Not long ago I saw someone with one leg riding a Brompton. (He had crutches strapped to it, and the pedal had a wooden block on the underside and a toeclip so he could lift it to "ratchet" the crank, but I'm still not sure exactly how he set off.) One Kevin Hickman has but one leg, yet has still managed an SR series on a normal bike. I met him on last year's Cheddar Gorge 300, where he proved embarrassingly faster up hills with a single leg than I could manage with two. -- Dave Larrington http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk God was my co-pilot, but we crashed in the mountains and I had to eat Him. |
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Why aren't disabled cyclists treated the same as disabled motorists?
In . uk,
Guy Ballantine tweaked the Babbage-Engine to tell us: I do get people I know saying they have see someone here or there. I have see a Columbian guy with one leg riding around the Finsbury Park area, that has to be fun at the lights! His name is Robinson Martinez and he turned up at a BHPC race meeting at Eastway in 2006. He averaged 18.6 mph for just over 3/4 of an hour, which netted him 26th place overall in a field of 55. -- Dave Larrington http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk Murdock's Gardening Law: If it's green, the paving isn't finished yet. |
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Why aren't disabled cyclists treated the same as disabled motorists?
Dave Larrington wrote:
In . uk, Guy Ballantine tweaked the Babbage-Engine to tell us: I do get people I know saying they have see someone here or there. I have see a Columbian guy with one leg riding around the Finsbury Park area, that has to be fun at the lights! His name is Robinson Martinez and he turned up at a BHPC race meeting at Eastway in 2006. He averaged 18.6 mph for just over 3/4 of an hour, which netted him 26th place overall in a field of 55. Jamie Andrew lost both legs below the knee from frostbite after a climbing trip went pear shaped. He did a charity fundraiser last year where he did a personal triathlon of iron Man distances in under 24 hours (so a 112 mile bike ride in there, and he doesn't have any hands any more either...) http://www.jamieandrew.com/content/view/49/40/ He still climbs, and harder than me! Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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