With scooters that has changed. CMS has require manufacturers of battery scooters to have "run-away" protection. Even in the off position, an electric scooter will break itself every 10-12 feet, requiring the operator to stop and wait a couple of seconds before trying to push it again. Best Wishes In a message dated 5/13/2015 10:18:46 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Great story, Tom. Wheelchairs and hills are like a roller coaster with no brakes. Scary! Sent from Surface From: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 11:12 AM To: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) , [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) , [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Hoping that New Mobility Magazine does a feature on the stories "on the street" of chair and scooter users. Best Wishes In a message dated 5/13/2015 9:27:40 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I think we all have stories that are funny as well as 'you've gotten be kidding me' but here's one you'll enjoy.If anyone's been to the Grand Hotel in Mackinac, you'll know that there's an enormous hill to climb to get from the street to the hotel entrance. I was in a Braun TriWheeler and slalomed up the hill because the device just didn't have the guts to go straight up the hill. So we made it to the top and went out on the porch. You can see 3 of the Great Lakes from there. Well, we proceeded to have a couple of cocktails and it came time to leave. I figured, I can go straight down the hill and be ok. Well down the hill I went. That triwheeler was flyin'!! I got to the bottom all in one piece but the gal that I was with says, 'do you know you ran over a cigarette back there?' I said 'no' and looked down and the things was on fire! I took her coke, threw it on the fire area and limped back to my van. Funny today-scary then. Tom Cusack C6/7- On Tuesday, May 12, 2015 4:46 PM, Larry Willis <[email protected]> wrote: Dave, that's funny.....and scary! I've had similar incidents but I have never flipped over! Larry Willis Retired and proud of it Begin forwarded message: Resent-From: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) From: DAVID LEWIS <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > Date: May 12, 2015 at 5:06:40 PM EDT To: Quad-list Post <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > Subject: [QUAD-L] My quad story today Reply-To: DAVID LEWIS <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > Oh man, im fine, but i gotta story to tell ya, i was in the living room taking off my black vest and putting it on the front railing by the door when,, it caught my joystick and the joystick on my wheelchair. Made me shoot up and i fell all the way straight back, it was like i was in a rocket ship with my feet in the air and my back on the floor i hit my head but not to bad Josh my cousins son and dad and my aunt Carol connected the Hoyer chains that i use every day to get in the wheelchair and pulled me up, the chair too, batteries stayed in im glad. I bet you guys have story's like this too. please share if you have time.
