One heck of a wheel chair ride right down the street from me

[Amber Clymer]

Completely incredible is all I have to say about this. This happened right down the road from my office building.





http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6623359

 

[Dingo]

That's awesome!



(glad he wasn't hurt, though)

 

[Amber Clymer]

I bet the kid never thought he would get such good HP out of his chair.

 

[TomT]

Pretty strange.

 

[Dingo]

Imagine if the trucker had pulled on the interstate.

 

[Amber Clymer]

He wouldn't have made it much faster if he did, the interstate is all tore up around here....but thankfully he didn't.

 

[Fred]

WOW!

 

[Todd Z]

Just glad he is ok....



Todd Z

 

[Thomas Rogers]

ROTFLMAO!

 

[Dre L]

Whoever made the tires, bearings, and wheels for that chair should be making them for Ford.

 

[Kevin Palmer]

Nobleman, that is what I said, he would be a perfect commercial for the maker of the wheel chair...

 

[Josh Langel]

He's gonna get a movie deal out of it!



Duel 2: Wheelchair Scare

 

[Tom Schindler]

Nobody could have pulled in front of the trucker and just slowed the truck down to a stop?



Talk about a society of stupid people.





Tom

 

[Dominoelover thegamenotthepizza]

Here are the 911 calls.

 

[Amber Clymer]

Caymen, we are talking about a little place named after animal feet. They actually thought it was ajoke until about the 15th 911 phone call....HAHAHA.

 

[Bill V]

Caymen, if I had been there, I'd have been scared that if I pulled in front of the trucker and tried to slow down as you suggest, that he might run right into me as well, smashing the guy in the chair and putting me in peril as well...

 

[Tom Schindler]

Bill,



I would have to agree to a point, but a car pulling in front of a trucker slowing down waving your arm out the window will get the truckers attention.





Tom

 

[Bill V]

True--Except for the fact that this trucker had a wheelchair and its occupant attached to its grill, and you would have had no idea why it was there, or if there was malicious intent. If you suspect it is malicious and intentional, then it's not a stretch to believe that if you were to pull in front of him, he not only likely wouldn't slow down, but perhaps he'd even take aggressive action to attack you.



It's like the old "Far Side" cartoon, with the caption of "How Mother Nature Says, 'Don't Touch'". There's a picture of hissing cat, a rattlesnake with the rattle shaking, a blowfish with the spikes pointing out, and (punchline) a guy wearing a trenchcoat with a boot on his head, a kid's pool floatie around his waist, and a bazooka under his arm. After reading this story, I would add to that list, a picture of a guy driving an 18 wheeler with a guy in a wheelchair attached to the grill.