Assholes say 'tank' style wheelchair has to be specially registered for use on road
bornkiller
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Give the poor dude a break man. :facepalm:
Awesome Ride.:cool:
Awesome Ride.:cool:
Mr Starr says his normal wheelchair is unsuitable for outdoor activities. Picture: BNPS Source: Supplied
- Wheelchair can tackle varied terrain
- Chair was a $24,000 custom-built gift
- Authorities say it's a tank, not a chair
A DISABLED man has been stopped from using his specially-made wheelchair because British road authorities say it's a tank.
Jim Starr, 36, was told by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DLVA) he cannot ride his specially-made chair, which has caterpillar-treads instead of wheels, because its size and width technically make it a tank.
According to DVLA guidelines disabled buggies and scooters cannot exceed more than 85cm in width and 125kg in weight.
Jim's Tank Chair is 107cm wide and weighs 220kg.
Jim says he has already driven the custom-made vehicle across snow, sand and even into the surf of his local beach.
“The whole idea of the chair was that I could go down to the beach with the kids,” Jim said.
“It is a fantastic machine and can take me anywhere I want to go. It has no limits."
http://www.news.com.au/technology/authority-says-tank-style-wheelchair-not-for-the-road/story-e6frfro0-1225991855572
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I swear, if they don't let this guy drive his tank wheelchair, I'll drive a real tank into the driver and vehicle licensing agency, thats exactly what those asshats have coming to them. I'll fuckin smash through the wall and scream LICENSE THIS BITCH!
Fucking people, what were they thinking? He's disabled for fucks sake, let him use that badass wheelchair. *rage*
they don't look like they'd hurt anything. maybe hurt you if he ran over your toe or something.
C/O
"can I get one if I'm just lazy?"
Unfortunately the crippled and elderly have a tendency to ride their fucking mobility scooters along the pavement (sidewalk) at near jogging speed and expect anyone who can walk... or jump... to move out of the way.
I saw one old coot causing mayhem in a supermarket because he was reversing up an ailse at full speed. The senile ass ended up smashing into a glass freezer door. He was banned before he came back and destroyed anymore property or ran over a small child... they're even messier to clean up than a broken jam jar.
So I suspect if you allow this guy to use that thing in public then it'll only be a matter of time before some militant cripple or old senile fuck 'accidentally' crushes my feet or runs over a small kid. Shit, it's like a cripple's arms race, once these people only had small chairs with small wheels, then they attached motors and got heavier, now they've got battle-chairs that wouldn't look out of place in a news report about a skirmish in Hellmand Province.
But hey, after I've been run over at least I'll then be enabled to righteously disable someone else. The next time some stunned cunt rides his bike on the pavement I'll just roll out and destroy him with my armchair version of Sir Killalot.
There's also the case of an old dude who went & bought himself a piece of timber, lay it across the back of his scooter, which forced pedestrians off the path.
Those are old cunts, their reasoning is affected by age. This dude's a cripple, It's his physical condition that's fucked, not his mentality.
Why do you feel this is anymore dangerous than a car?
On a car, the wheels must be covered from above in the UK with bodywork or wheel arches - it stops people from bing dragged into them. Say this guy is using his chair where ever - he drives it past some unwitting soul with a flowing jacket on and he gets dragged in between the tracks and the chair.
Your are going to see some nasty de-gloving injuries.
Whoever spent the money they did on that chair is an idiot. I have seen chairs get themselves up mountain paths and get on the beach with a little assistance.
Sucks to be cripled, but life is not fair.
Fair enough I suppose but would you rather be hit by this thing or a car?
I would rather not be hit at all - the thing is, he wants to use it where a car cannot be used - pedestrian areas, beaches and the like. When I am at the beach, I am either fishing, and able bodied people who get in the way have enough chance to quickly move when they need to, or I have my wet suit and Px diving mask on - visibility is good enough to get out of the way of people but not that thing.
It would be the same veiw if some one wanted to use a 4x4 or a quad on the beach - a no. Not that I have anything against them - I own a 4x4 and use a quad when I am on farms, but a place for everything and everything in its place.
However, if they guy wanted to submit it for road worthy / pedestrian safety tests, make any changes needed, get a Single Vehicle Approval certificate, tax and insure it I would have no problem with him using it on the roads.
Would have been cheaper if someone have bought him a trike however.
Good thing they denied his ass. Who the hell gave him permission to be creative?
Fucking individuals.
Doc, you are better than that. Of course nobody wants to be hit period, but if someone told you they were going to hit you with this thing or a car which would you choose?
OK you have never BS'd me before to avoid a point so I will take you at your word that you would honestly rather be hit by a car. Myself I would take my chances with the fat guy going 7.5 MPH with a lot less mass and therefore much less inertia and kinetic energy transferred upon impact than an automobile weighing thousands of pounds at at 7.5 MPH. Of course most people back out of their driveway at least that fast so chances are if you are hit by a car it will be traveling much faster than 7.5 MPH.
Anyhow I honestly think that some government functionary just has some stick up his ass over this and needs to get a life. Let the guy get around FFS it is bad enough that he is excluded from many of life's activities as it is without some mindless bureaucrat comparing this:
To that:
When it is closer to this:
How long before some one is riding around in one of these, doing jumps over my house?
OK, that is extreme tripe and imposible at the moment, but you see where I am going whith this?
Gawddamn it! Let the man have his tank chair so we can see cripples jump dr rockers house in the near future. :mad:
I see where you are going but I respectfully disagree. The way I see it is we have on group of people to make rules another group to enforce them and another to interpret the fair application of them.
When those who are doing the interpretation simply follow the letter and ignore the spirit then we sacrifice the human side of the equation.
Also On a related not I know that if you have a certain width of track you can register a T-34 as a road maintainence vehicle.
EDIT: Also the sad thing here is that the only place he could legally use it would be his own field, as nearly all land is private land and owned by someone. It would work the same with me with a dirtbike registered or otherwise. I would only be able to ride it a field if I tried to gu up s mountain on it was caught I would be raped..
What I am saying most people don't want their land raped by vehicles sadly.