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Disabled 'to sue for Tube access'
Acrosticus wrote:
From: "Brimstone" Date: 09/04/2004 09:18 GMT Standard Time The primary concern with allowing wheelchairs onto the Underground, specifically the tube lines, is getting them out in the event of an emergency. The interconnecting doors between cars aren't wide enough nor is the door in the front of the train allowing emergency access to the track permitting emergency evacuation along the track to the next station. Therefore it is surely the trains that are unsafe and not wheelchair users? Back in the 1980s London Transport published a pathetic leaflet about disabled access and concerning wheelchair users and the underground it as good as said "Bugger off, you're a fire hazard. Why not take a taxi instead". It seems the same cavalier attitude is still abroad today, even though the world has moved on and disability awareness has increased (in most places). The underground people seem to have stuck their head in the sand and hoped disability access problems would go away. They won't, and they're just about to get it in the neck for their longstanding negligence - which serves them right. Complete rubbish. If a wheelchair user needs to access any level other than ground level, a lift is required. In the event of fire, the lifts are not available, and people have to use the stairs. In those circumstances, wheelchair users have to be carried to ground level. The same applies to tube trains. -- Richard J. (to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address) |
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