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06-22-2007, 09:40 AM | #1 | |
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Man In Wheelchair Ticketed For Riding In Street
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A person in a wheelchair is a pedestrian, a bicycle is a vehicle. Pedestrians belong on the sidewalk. If the rest of us have to put up with ridiculous ADA laws then the wheelie gang is just going to have to sack up and learn what it's like to live with arbitrary, nonsensical laws making life a hassle.
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I'm with Pie on this one. Wheelchairs don't hold up traffic or create anymore hassles or safety violations than bicycles do.
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First off, a bicycle is about a billion times faster than a motorized wheelchair. Secondly, a wheelchair is a device that enable a person with a disability to function as a pedestrian, a bicycle is a device that enables an able-bodied person to move about with greater speed and less energy expenditure. Thirdly, LA law specifically extends vehicular rights to bicycle operators:
LA RS32§194: Every person riding a bicycle upon a highway of this state shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this Chapter, except as to special regulations in this Part and except as to those provisions of this Chapter which by their very nature can have no application. |
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I'm not familiar with state law to that degree, but I do know that bicycles legally differ from automobiles in some degrees where wheelchairs are similar.
For instance, a person can ride a bicycle (or even ride a horse) while intoxicated by alcohol without being legally prosecuted for DUI because the Supreme Court recognizes MOTOR vehicles only for cases like these. However, there was a case not long ago where a man was, in fact, prosecuted for driving a motorized wheelchair while drunk. By your understanding of the legal purposes of bikes and wheelchairs, this case would be the same as prosecuting a drunk pedestrian for DUI, making it a legal paradox.
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Of course it's discrimination. Discrimination is almost always a good thing.
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I think there a lot more people on bikes. Also bike take up less width on the road for the most part. Wheelchairs are slow and lower to the ground and might be less visable to a car. Who knows. Wheel chairs on highway just seems insane.
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Ticket for obstruction
The article said he wasn't ticketed for riding (walking,rolling???) on the street in his wheelchair, he was ticketed for obstruction; he would not (by his own admission) cooperate with the police.
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You can think that, but it's not the law.
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Yesterday I saw a woman driving down the shoulder of Youree drive in one of those elderly scooters. She was going about 3 mph.. This isn't the first time I have seen this. In fact this makes maybe 10 or 12 times in recent years that I have seen someone in the street or shoulder on a battery powered motorized wheelchair. This should not be legal, and I always assumed that it was not. I hope the cops pick up wheelchairs and scooters in the streets before someone gets hurt, for the same reasons go carts, 4 wheelers, and skate boards are illegal on public highways. JMO
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