Posts Tagged ‘Handicap Parking’

Technical Aids Tips und Tricks IX

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

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My car manufactured in Rüsselsheim and customized to hand throttle in Fulda also has a wheelchair loading system.
Have a look yourself:

I transfer from wheelchair to car with a permanently mounted slide board to the driver’s seat,

fold up my wheelchair*,

the rear door opens and the loading system comes out like magic.

The wheelchair is clamped with the handles into the loading system and pulled inside the car.

Now quickly close the door and put on estimated 5 kg safety belt, then the journey into the green can start.

Maybe I will manage it some time on my own..

* The folding of the wheelchair requires the genetics of a contorsionist ;-)

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Signs Part I

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

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What does this sign mean?

Passage allowed for wheelchair using residents who are riding hand cycle, are professional taxi drivers and are using a nursing bed?

Where can I get a taxi from quickly?

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Bremskeil VI

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Am ersten April begann das neue Quartal und ich durfte Gestern bei meinem Hausarzt antreten (als Teddy?),
um meiner 3 monatigen

10 € Praxisgebührspende

nachzukommen und um mir gleich noch ein paar Impfungen gegen so ziemlich alles abzuholen.
Ich beschloss trotz dortiger extrem eingeschränkter  Parkplatzverfügbarkeit an der Pferderennbahn mit dem

Auto

zu fahren.
Alles Super geklappt, kaum zu glauben.
Warum  waren jedoch eigenartiger Weise nach dem Ein- und Aussteigen meine Hände nur so schwarz?

Mein Auto wurde Ende Dezember völlig verdreckt (voll Salz) an mich ausgeliefert.
Man glaubt gar nicht, was Schnee für reinigende Kräfte hat.
Trotz des langen Winters hatte ich den Eindruck, es schien die Sonne Gestern, dass so eine Grundreinigung des Wagens nicht die allerschlechteste Idee wäre und ich dann eventuell keine schwarzen Hände mehr bekäme.

Ab zur Waschstraße!!!

Dort haben 3 Kollegen mit Dampfstrahlern mein Auto abgespritzt und geschrubbt, schon bevor ich in die Waschstraße einfuhr.
Das nächste Mal drehe ich mein Auto dann vor dem Bezahlen und fahre wieder weg.
Für mich war der Wagen sauber genug.
Wäre mal interessant zu sehen, wie blöd die dann aus der Wäsche gucken .
Ich habe mittlerweile den Verdacht, dass der vierte Kollege mit der Kasse meine schlechten Gedanken lesen konnte.
Er wies mich mit dem Auto in die Transportschienen ein, ich bezahlte, er gab mir durch mein Fahrerfenster mein Wechselgeld und meine Dachantenne.
Dann wünschte er mir noch schnell einen schönen Tag und war weg.
Da fuhr ich nun mit meiner

Dachantenne

auf den Knien und keinem vernünftigen Radioempfang durch die Waschstraße.

Ich überlegte ernsthaft, wie ich das Ding jemals wieder da oben darauf bekomme.

Na toll !!!

Handicap Parking Part II

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

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Wonders will never cease!

Addendum to blogpost Handicap Parking Part I from 02.02.10
(see older blogpost)

Upon enquiry at the road traffic department they explained that
in spite of the signs

Absolute stopping restriction

I am allowed to park my car on the

disabled parking place designated for me even without handicap label.

In the meantime my disabled parking permit expired.
Hardly to believe, isn’t it? Once again the whole administration work.

When my car stood on my parking place the first 2 days in the year 2010 the storm hit us beginning of March!!!
My two favourite signs fell over and missed my car by around 10 cm.
That was close…
In retrospect:
The sign could have hit a car of my neighbours who always kept my parking place dry.

On Friday 19.03.2010 my parking place was finally labelled.

I would like to point out that I don’t blame the road traffic department of Frankfurt.

I will keep you posted about the number of the future compulsory relocated cars away from my disabled parking place.

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Handicap Parking Part I

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

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After I had proven my ability to drive with hand throttle in front of the technical control association and my hand throttle customized car had been delivered mid December I applied for a

personalised disabled parking place.

This worked out extremely fast.
At this point thanks to the staff of the road traffic department of the city of Frankfurt. Within a few days the corresponding sign was placed and the parking place roughly labelled, because at that time another car was parking there.

I was assured that the

Handicap label

on the street would be fixed later on.

At this time constantly other cars were parking on my parking place. I was appreciative because the sign is only visible well from one side, and these morons were parking against the driving direction. Well…

In the year 2009 I stood one single time on my disabled parking place.

On December 28th the road traffic department put two signs up

Absolute stopping restriction due to labelling work

to keep the place free so that the missing street labelling could be accomplished.

This meant for me to keep my parking place free.

On New Year’s Eve 2009/10 I unapologetically stood boozed without displayed parking permit in the

absolute stopping restriction zone.

This was the first and so far only time that I was standing on my parking place in 2010.
And even without a car, therefore under survey of an employee of the German disaster relief organisation (THW).

Then the snow arrived…

It is clear that the guys are busy with other things than my labelling.

From the deep of my heart I would like to thank the traffic participants who ignored the signs from the beginning out of altruism only.
The asphalt of my parking place is continuously kept dry for weeks by parking their cars above so that the labelling can be completed as soon as possible.

Which other reason should they have???

This might get funny.

Do I need a permanent line to the police?

Tell me your experiences…

If the current signs are not interesting anybody I should look for a small armoured tank with hand throttle.
With this I could then stand on the cars.
Drive defensively, drive a tank.

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Holidays Tenerife IV

Monday, November 30th, 2009

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As already mentioned Tenerife is extremely wheelchair friendly.

Even the flora was created corresponding to the accessibility.

Here is the example of a special

Shadow parking space for wheelchair drivers