Hi Helen,

I'm a chair user and like you, find them a complete pain.  My ex (who was also a chair
user) had a potentially nasty accident on a platform lift when his back wheel was touching
the wall as the lift was moving and his tyre sort of got 'sucked' down the gap between the
platform and wall as the lift was moving upwards.  I can see that they're a cheaper option
and therefore allow access to places where people otherwise might argue on an access
statement that a full passenger lift wasn't reasonable/affordable etc but like you, I
really don't like them!  I also have an absent-minded habit of forgetting that I have to
keep pressing the button and then having a mad panic as to why the lift has stopped
moving! (This is just me being daft and in no-way disability-related!)

All the best,

Anna





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>>> "Bryant, Helen" <[log in to unmask]> 23/11/2010 12:33 >>>
Hi all,

 

I have a proposition to put to you:

 

As a wheelchair user, I find continuous pressure buttons (hold to run)
on platform lifts a complete pain in every part.

 

I know it's mandatory, but I spoke to a lovely man this morning:

 

Graham Payne

Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
Environmental and Technical Regulation Directorate
Bay 1105, 1 Victoria Street
London SW1H 0ET

Tel: 020 7215  0923 / 1973 

and Graham said that, if we thought they were A Bad Idea we could
challenge it with the HSE because he said that policies, guidelines and
regulations were ripped up all the time because they were found to be
outdated.  He also said that disabled people might be in a body which
made such decisions.

So, what are your views on this?  Have you had complaints from
wheelchair users who haven't been able to use platform lifts easily
because of these buttons, or have people been saved from potentially
dangerous situations because of them?  Indeed, do some people find them
dangerous?

Who, if anyone, would be up for trying to change the status quo (OK, who
HASN'T got a guitar riff in their head now?!) and who thinks we should
leave well alone?

Sorry, that's a lot of questions!

I have to confess that somebody I know had an accident on a platform
lift without hold to run buttons, but I am unsure of the cause.

Cheers,

Helen

 

 

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