Tuesday, July 19, 2022

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Clay Edwards said...

I'm just here the "why did you just film him and not help him kingfish" comments

Anonymous said...

Did someone escape from Manhattan nursing home?

Anonymous said...

Dude probably had his wheel chair stolen 5 minutes later.....

Anonymous said...

See him frequently. When he has to go up any sort of incline he pushes himself backwards. He's begging to get hit but I give him all sorts of credit for not letting his disability stop him from getting to where he wants to go. He sure as hell can't count on JTRAN.

Kingfish said...

yeah but I think I saw him a few weeks go going backwards down the center lane of Pascagoula. Backwards as in against the traffic with his back to the traffic.

Cbone79 said...

You know as bad as it gets, there’s always someone worse off…

Anonymous said...

In the center of the road. In a wheelchair. AND, running a red light with active cross-traffic.

Anonymous said...

Woe unto the poor bastard that hits him.

Anonymous said...

So, what would you have him do? Use the Non Existent Crosswalk? Use the Non Existent Sidewalk? Wait for the crossing signal, which is also Non Existent?

He does what every snot nosed yuppie bicyclist on a 3000 dollar bike around here does and gets criticized when he's in an effing chair.

At least he's not dressed in black padded panties with a black "Tour de France" outfit riding at dusk on 55 mph roads around the Rez, instead of using the bike paths. He's got a fluorescent vest on his chair and a red shirt, during broad daylight.

Where exactly is he supposed to roll? Along the twisted downward curb with a 2 wheel chair and one arm, as folks round the right totally not looking for pedestrians? How can he cross in time with no pedestrian timer or signal? He has the right of way.

You folks are pathetic.

Will he get hit? I don't know, but do you expect the poor and handicapped to wait in vain for you to give them a ride or just live their entire life as a "shut in?" Good luck on Billy Bob Big Trux III showing up for that good deed.

Spend just one day in a chair with his capabilities and limited resources, and then see if you want to come here to whine and be a bully like a 10 year old snot nose prep schooler.

Same crew crying about their 15% taxes and a poor black or white or Latino kid getting a "free meal." Sad, greedy, pathetic losers.

Anonymous said...

A few years ago I was driving down State Street. I noticed the cars ahead of me slowing down, blowing their horns and heard people laughing. When I got up far enough to see there was a man in a wheelchair with one of the wheels of his wheelchair hung up in a hole on the sidewalk. People seem to find that funny. I parked and went over to help the man. He was a little pissed at all of the people laughing about him being stuck.

Kingfish said...

I couldn't care less about him going down the side of the road on the wheelchair. What got my attention was going through the red light through frontage road traffic which at that point in the cycle, is going more than 40 mph.

Going backwards in the center lane down Pascagoula isn't exactly safe either.

Anonymous said...

Golly. You think that if you join forces with that flat biller redneck that took the video you'll go viral and be able to move out of your rathole on a major thoroughfare in downtown? Good luck.

Anonymous said...

It doesn’t hurt to help someone once in a while as 5:21 has demonstrated. We all need to slow down and remember that it could be you in that wheelchair. God, I hope that if I’m ever in that position someone will show some kindness to me. God help us all as we are in a downward spiral in our society.

Anonymous said...

Whether he's wheelchair dependent, I have no idea. That he's psychologically impaired, is a given.

Anonymous said...

435 - I don't know about this individiual. Also, I don't know about the intersection where he was crossing, the streets and sidewalks of the area.

BUT I do know of a similar situation that I saw this week on West Capitol where a similar individual was 'riding' his wheelchair down the center lane of the roadway - in an area where the city had just spent hundreds of thousands, if not more - on a new 'multi use path'. One designed for walkers, bikers, handicapped, and anyone else and including ADA curbs installed for those like this individual,

Not the first time that I have observed this, realizing that over the past few years as the City of Jackson has finally started spending some dollars on street paving - and including some high-tech walkways for bikes and handicapped.

And where they are not building these 'multi use' paths, they are making the sidewalks and curb cuts accessable to wheel chairs - but oftentimes those using the chairs are still in the road.

I don't object to creating pathways that can be used by those confined to a chair - but I do object to those that ignore those accommodations and insist on being a part of the auto traffic on the street. And despite your commentary denying the existance (which may be true for this particular location) there has been much addressed to change those conditions but yet there are some that still prefer the street.

Charlie said...

He’s using his legs to propel the thing, he’s an asshole.

Anonymous said...

I saw him in March going backwards against traffic on Gallatin Street.

Anonymous said...

This person needs help, not anonymous criticism.

Anonymous said...

@4:35 PM - As you are triggered, please go to your safe space, hug your comfort teddy bear, and have some warm milk and cookies. When you calm down make a donation to the DNC.

Anonymous said...

"So, what would you have him do?"

That looks like the intersection of Briarwood and the I-55 northbound frontage road. There are lined shoulders on both sides of the bridge. The safer route would be: a) stay on the northern side of the bridge out of traffic, b) wait for the light to change, c) cross with traffic to the lined area for the opposing right turn, and d) go to the Shell station.

Yes, it sucks that sidewalks and bike paths are often foregone to save on development investment, as it does not serve the community adequately. Just think of the health benefits of being able to walk (or roll) to places safely.

Anonymous said...

8:49, yes, and with the wealth of that area paid in property taxes at the time of the buildout and those folks actually paying FIT back then, it would have been easy. But the attitude then was, "let them crips build their own." Hey, same attitude today, but less money.

Kudos to Madison for building their I55 crossings with accessible routes. Crosswalks, pedestrian signals and buttons, sidewalks accessible. Modern design, and probably required, but still. It's the right thing to do. Looks nice, and it's safer for walkers, kids, bicyclists, and even motorists as it's wider and doesn't have curbs to blow out tires or flip vehicles as much. Win win.

Anonymous said...

Dude's a hero to me. Ain't nobody bringin' me down!!

Anonymous said...

I don't even like that intersection in my Tahoe when the traffic lights aren't working, so stunning, so brave.

Anonymous said...

There used to be a guy that did this in a reclined motorized wheelchair at the State St intersection in front of Baptist Hospital. I wonder what happened to him.

Anonymous said...

God bless that man.

Anonymous said...

I have seen the wheelchairs with motors on them on the interstate.


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