Yep, I’ll admit it: I self-diagnosed some broken ribs! Among other really obvious things.
(And you can feel the lumps where they healed up at a slightly different angle, too.)
Day: August 11, 2017
Kenguru is a tiny electric hatchback for wheelchair users
By Ellis Hamburger, theverge.comKenguru’s electric car has no seats, and you drive it by putting your hands on motorcycle-style handlebars. It’s built for wheelchair users, who can roll right through the rear hatch of the car into the driver’s area. The Austin-based…
THIS IS SO COOL.
fucking amazing wow
NO BUT DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW GREAT THIS IS? DO YOU REALLY? PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS CAN HAVE SMALL CARS NOW, THEY DON’T HAVE TO RELY ON EXPENSIVE LIFTS TO HELP GET THEM INTO CARS, THEY DON’T HAVE TO MODIFY THEIR CARS FOR THEIR NEEDS BECAUSE THE CAR IS ALREADY DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR THEM. THIS IS ACTUALLY SO GREAT AND IT GIVES SO MANY PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE MORE INDEPENDENT AND IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY!
Have I reblogged this already? Don’t care.
Also for those worried about prices: it’s about $25,000 when it comes out, so about the price of a mid-sized car. And there might be grants for it.
Not to be a downer about this… because it’s a step in the right direction but I already see 2 major issues with a vehicle like this.
1. There is absolutely no cargo space… like for anything at all. On their website, they reference that something like this would be great for trips to the grocery store. Okay great… except where do the groceries go? I mean there isn’t even space for a small shop let alone a weekly or monthly shop at the grocery store.
2. There isn’t any room for a passenger, even just 1 passenger. People in wheelchairs have friends, family, etc.
For a vehicle that will cost approx 25 grand and only go about 25 mph, so you’re limited to surface streets – again okay for a quick trip to the grocery store or your local doctor but… I’m not sure how much it would be worth the investment, especially on a fixed income.
That’s actually some indication of how disturbing the ankle situation was looking yesterday. Especially given previous experiences with our local A&E/ER? I have decided not to go in over the years with celiac fractures, a couple of other injuries probably 98% of other people would for, a really terrible skin abscess, one bad tooth abscess flare that had me scared, or suspected pneumonia. Probably forgetting some. I don’t trust them not to do more harm than good, much less take any pain seriously.
But, that had me concerned enough to seriously consider it anyway. Especially with the animals to look out for, and otherwise on my own for a while with nobody else to get help if things turned bad enough fast. In the end? It still seemed much safer not to, as a sick autistic person with no backup. Seen as a woman, to boot.
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