The Editor,
The city of Cornwall has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to make all our sidewalks wheelchair accessible.
So why is it that when they put a motor on a wheelchair that the operator decides that it is now a motor vehicle, and drives in the middle of the road?
I’ve never seen a license plate on one of these contraptions and I don’t think the operator needs a driver’s license.
I’ve seen these things driven down the middle of a one-way street going in the wrong direction, do these people have no respect for their own life?
I’m not sure what the law is for the operation of a motorized wheelchair, but I would rather have to dodge one on the sidewalk than with my car on the street.
As a side note I saw one taking up a parking space in the lot at “Giant Tiger” the other day. What was this person thinking?
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Cornwall
