I'm Johnny Knoxville and this is the Americans with Disabilities Act
Erm, maybe this is the situationist approach to architecture where creating adventure is your main priority?
this ramp will make a wheelchair accessable to you
because stairs sure as fuck won't be
The stairs lead to the euthanasia roller coaster and were designed by the same guy
I am 1000% certain that this is a joke. That's probably used to roll shit down, or maybe for some motor sport shit
Oh yeah, of course that's what it is. It even looks like it's around Santa Cruz. Manpowered motor sports.
Is that what it's doing? I think it's just a joke about the steepness of the ramp. It's like "[this is obviously not a] wheelchair accessible ramp"
Teehee, we very obviously don't cater to the needs of wheelchair bound people. But, like, imagine if one of them actually tried to use our ramp? Hilarious!
PS. I've actually had to push a relative up a slope like that. Someone building a 45° ramp for "compliance" is absolutely a thing that happens.
An electric wheelchair can make it both ways IMO. But this needs something that prevents you from tipping back/forward. A normal wheelchair doesn't stand a chance, even with two people helping.
In a traditional wheelchair, tip yourself onto your back so the friction will slow you down, then control the wheels with your hands to slow your descent further.
Sorry about the back of your seat.
On feet I'm confident I could manage it. On wheels I think that's death for everyone involved.
Surprisingly, an electric wheelchair can manage this ramp if the person in the wheelchair is able to lean forward slightly. If not, it will tip over and the small stabilizing wheels at the back won't be enough. I tried my dad's electric wheelchair into an even bigger incline out of curiosity and the torque is amazing. It is still incredibly dangerous tho. If there was some kind of cable that prevented the wheelchair from tipping backwards, this would be acceptable.
A winch set at the top of the slope, with a cable you can attach to your wheelchair, and a button on either side of the slope that you can press to call the cable to yourself or have it pull you up/lower you down. Could work, would probably be pretty scary to get lowered down backwards though.
No, the electric wheelchair can handle the incline, you just need a stabilizing cable. Also, this is completely unusable when it isn't completely dry.
Electric motor can have unbelievable torque delivered as quickly as the power supply can allow.
Maybe we're missing the actual purpose of this infrastructure - Maybe both the stairs and ramp are installed to act as a purpose built workplace injury claim machine, where you can injure yourself and sue the workplace?
Is this what Fox News was talking about when they said people are faking disability for benefits? 🤔
"Hey, we need to make this wheelchair accessible. They can handle a 45 degree slope right?"
