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AMAC

Gee, you'd think that the wheelchair must have been doing at least 50mph. I'll bet that she didn't look before she stepped out. If she had and didn't see the wheelchair coming her way, or for that matter, didn't process it correctly in her brain, we have another problem.

Glenn

Octogenarians tend to have reduced eye sight, slow reflexes, reduced motor skills, etc., etc. Added to this is the ad campaign to "sell" scooters to those with mobility issues using great gobs of Medicare money.

So how about a retirement center requiring residents with scooters or Segways to carry a $500,000.00 liability/medical coverage policy. The $10,000 policy required by most states for auto coverage just won't do in the specialised area. And make them show a current policy everey couple of months. This prevents the "buy coverage-cancel policy" scam popular in auto insurance.

I always wonder about rules like this, or for that matter, the rules that many other groups make. Under what authority do they require these rules be complied with? It seems to me that it is clearly a restriction of one's rights to motivate themselves as they see fit.

Does the ADA protect against people having to comply with rules like this, when some other people are not required to carry such insurance coverage? Is there actually a documentable risk that people with mobility devices are that much more likely to cause damage than others?

I go back to the simple fact that I have been hit by more bikes and baby carriages than mobility devices.

I will add skateboarders and joggers to that list...

Any vehicle (and I'm using this term to cover anything with wheels), whether operated manually or by a motor, can cause injury if not used with care and consideration of those around us.

Just as we caution people not to run down halls because of the danger that poses, certainly we should also take care when moving at more than a walking pace in a mobility device.

The problem with such articles is that it doesn't clearly state what happened. Maybe the woman did step out into the hallway without looking - many of us do, after all, it's a hallway; we're exiting a door - not stopped at a traffic light or stop sign making sure it safe to pull out. Maybe the person in the motorized wheel chair was going too fast for safety.

What I do disagree with is making the issue about mobility devices per se. It should be about the person who is found at fault being held accountable for their actions - especially if it caused harm to another.

I would feel the same way if the person had run into another using his/her own two legs and caused bodily harm. Being responsible and being safe is everybody's business.