In this video from last winter, a wheelchair user in Denver attempts to travel the three blocks from his home to work, showing how curb cuts and sidewalks and streets are still impassable despite weeks to clear them. Obviously this can happen if snow removal laws aren't set into place and properly enforced.
For those of you new to powerchairs, here's a great article to get you through the winter from Mark Smith over at Wheelchairjunkie. Snow and Powerchairs He discusses these and other questions:
What's the hype and what's the truth about how deep the snow can be? Should you bring someone along and, if so, when, in case you might get stuck? What about salt and snow getting on your power chair?
2 comments:
I use a manual chair, and snow can be the worst thing to get through. We just had two snow storms here.
Usually the sidewalks aren't too bad, but it takes awhile for things to be cleared. The biggest problem is when the sidewalks are totally clear, but the curb cuts are so filed with snow there's no way to get past!
There's nothing quite as frustrating as being stuck on one stretch of sidewalk with no way out because both curb cuts are packed in with snow!
Kimberley-I agree! Since the curb cuts are often recessed, navigating them is impossible when they're buried in snow/ice. Grrr....
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