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Old April 9th 04, 06:55 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
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In message , M.Whitson
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Has proper consideration been given to what would happen in a "panic"
evacuation from below ground if wheelchairs were present? Perhaps someone
has looked at this and concluded that, despite the Act, it would be better
to delay the adaptation of LUL stations for wheelchairs.


Has anyone considered what would happen in a "panic" evacuation from
below ground if people who were drunk, blind, deaf, mentally unstable,
seriously overweight, elderly and infirm or otherwise incapacitated were
present?

I venture to suggest that the wheelchair-bound would be only one of a
wide range of members of the public with potentially extreme problems in
such difficulties.

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Paul Terry