"This manoeuvre is dangerous"
Feb. 18th, 2015 01:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
davidgillon"Doing a wheelie can be dangerous. Do not attempt this manoeuvre."
The manual of my new wheelchair.
*Headdesk*, *Headdesk*, *Headdesk*.
It then gives three methods for getting up a kerb, all dependent on having an attendant who does every thing for you.
*Headdesk*
I mean i knew I'd been given the cheapest-of-the-cheap in lieu of actually giving me a proper assessment, but I really didn't expect the manual to be actively trying to mislead me. Of course teaching people to properly wheelie would mean actually teaching them how to use their chair in general, rather than just checking the footplates are about the right length and running....
The manual of my new wheelchair.
*Headdesk*, *Headdesk*, *Headdesk*.
It then gives three methods for getting up a kerb, all dependent on having an attendant who does every thing for you.
*Headdesk*
I mean i knew I'd been given the cheapest-of-the-cheap in lieu of actually giving me a proper assessment, but I really didn't expect the manual to be actively trying to mislead me. Of course teaching people to properly wheelie would mean actually teaching them how to use their chair in general, rather than just checking the footplates are about the right length and running....
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Date: 2015-02-18 03:47 am (UTC)Almost no manufacturers use chairs themselves, and don't want to insure against tricky moves, so they lie. That way you'll never need to pop a wheelie when a curb ramp is nowhere in sight.
(My powerchair manual says 'Don't operate in rainy weather.' Yeah, right. My poncho shields my joystick, but rain ain't keeping me home.)