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Basil Jet[_2_] · November 19th 10, 04:00 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On 2010\11\19 16:32, Mike Bristow wrote:
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d wrote:
Does anybody really think wheelchair users are ever going to be able to
use the tube? Val Shawcross and the like just can't grasp the fact that
many disabled people don't want to use public transport, it just isn't
a viable option for them and it never will be.

Well, quite. Why would spazzes, flids& other crips want to try and lead
normal lives, anyway? Why can't they just be happy sitting at home
drooling in front of daytime TV...?

Obviously you've never heard of Dial-a-ride then.

A wheelchair-accessible tube is of more use to a wheelchair user than
dial-a-ride. I speak as someone who occasionally goes on to rush hour
tube trains with someone in a chair, and who has heard from users
of dial-a-ride exactly what it's like.

Exactly what dial-a-ride is like depends on the funding level. If less
money was spent on retrofitting lifts to old tube stations, more could
be spent on dial-a-ride.