I fully agree with you Ron. I'm also sure that we have both read of incidents where people out at night were seriously injured or killed, for being right. Most police officers do not want to see citizens injured or worse. Let's hope that common sense prevails. Best Wishes In a message dated 12/27/2011 10:27:08 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
I was a police officer before my accident. A cop that gives a ticket to a person using a mobility device for being out at night on a public road is treading on thin ice. A wheelchair is not a bicycle, vehicle or anything else. All you are is a pedestrian, and its not illegal for a pedestrian to walk at night. May not be safe but it is pefectly legal. You dont legally need any light, reflector or orange shirt. The person issued the ticket needs to call the police department and discuss the ticket with the watch commander. Then go to court if need be. ron c7 I will be posting a much better video to get the full effect, one of the main reasons you have a separate battery is not to worry about the drain on my main one! I'm not doing this for show, I'm doing this after my tickets this summer of having no lights. In the next video I will also include my headlight that is tucked under my lap tray with its own rechargeable battery. Yes that is correct I have three different chargers for my chair now but after passing several officers after dark with no complaints so far! There will be even more on my new chair next spring, these LEDs are the most wonderful things ever.
