Crossing The Street
Have you ever been out and about, perhaps walking in your local area and just randomly crossed on to the other side of the road? the answer is of course yes, it’s a god given right, you likely do it without even giving it a second thought, it comes naturally, automatically, you look both ways and you see it’s clear before crossing the road – however for disabled people with mobility issues this isn’t always possible. Going down the street in my motorised wheelchair causes me little disruption, the national highways agency and local councils have gone to great lengths to ensure that public pathways are accessible for all. Of course many people have had dropped kerbs inserted onto driveways to make it accessible for cars, but this causes an unusual problem for people like myself, camber on public walkways send wheelchairs off at uncomfortable angles at sometimes this carries an element of risk if a wheelchair is on a significant camber. Most of the time this is easily overcome and re...