Go speed racer

Most folks who are in wheelchairs are in there because they have limited or no use of their legs, right. Well on that same drive to my class on Thursday (after I saw the tandem bike) I saw another ridiculous thing.

There was a man who was probably in his late 60's in a wheelchair propelling himself down the sidewalk with his legs. Now, I have seen that before where someone has used their feet to move here or there, but this guy was motoring! There is no doubt that if he was standing, he would have been running. At first glance I thought that there must be someone pushing him from behind but nope. It was only him, he was solo and he was going places.

Of course, my immediate thought was: what does he need the wheelchair for if his legs can operate that well? Then my sister, the ever sensible one says: maybe he needs the chair because he gets woozy when he stands up? Maybe. If that is the case then why is he out alone? He wasn't close to anything either, not super close anyway. He was on the sidewalk that lines the major highway that runs through the desert, the same sidewalk that you rarely see anyone walking on.

I don't think that a wheelchair should be restricted for use by people who have NO ability to use your legs, but come on, if this was an Olympic sport, the guy would have been on the podium.

Speaking of the every day wheelchair, this is one piece of equipment that hasn't really changed or advanced with technology has it. Now, they have certainly improved the wheelchairs that get used for sports an so on, but the ones you see every day are about the same. You would think that they would be able to come up with something that doesn't look so freaky.