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Dealing With Cracked or Damaged Sidewalks
I was leaving a friend’s house downtown and heading to my van. As I approached my van, I looked up and opened my ramp door, but before I knew it, I had hit a large crack/hole in the sidewalk and was thrown from my wheelchair, breaking my joystick and seatbelt (from the force I hit the crack). I landed on my knees, then elbows, but blocked my face from hitting the pavement.
My friends came to my rescue, got me in my chair in my van, and snapped pictures of the damaged sidewalk. I have been in contact with the city government, and they have spoken to their insurance company attempting to gather information from the construction company that damaged the sidewalks. We have also talked to lawyers and are trying to figure out who can help us pay for the damage to my chair from the broken sidewalk.
Have you been in situations like this with cracked or damaged sidewalks? How do you manage?
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6 Replies
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I always fear something like this happening. Cities never take care of important stuff like this until someone gets hurt. I’m glad you came out okay but I know that your chair probably took a beating. Have you gotten someone to come a fix the damages to your chair? Could the construction company cover the cost to fix your chair?
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Yes, to all those things, but right now, I can’t even get Numotion to send me the itemized recipes so I can give them to the city’s insurance/ lawyers. This is because it has been SO FRUSTRATING!
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Sounds like NuMotion! Hence, why they’re called No-motion. I hope you can get it all sorted out painlessly and finally get some closer. As well as prevent someone else from suffering the same fate or worse.
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Another thing I don’t understand is why when they schedule an appointment, they will only give you the appointment time DAY OF; what if I have work, plans, meetings, etc.? Do they believe disabled people don’t need a time frame? Just odd to me.
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I think it’s just another one of their ableist ways. They don’t tend to make anything easy on any of their clients. It’s as if they try to get people to just give up and not fight for their needs.
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I ended up wasting my entire Wednesday waiting for Numotion to call or come by my house. When I finally gave up and had to go to work I felt totally defeated by them. I called the next day and although the woman was kind on the phone she honestly made me feel stupid and like I was in the wrong. I still have no idea what is going to happen or who I could even speak to about this incident but I am beyond frustrated and will need to find a new company to go with. (If there even is one around where I live)
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