Randy Cassingham's Blog

Posted by John in Detroit on June 19, 2007:

I have a friend who I sometimes pick up and haul around along with her electric wheelchair (much like the one in the photo only right hand drive). And normally the back is tilted a bit back, so it is very possible that when the truck hit him the back wheels (which are the drive wheels) were lifted off the surface of the road. Else there is no way it could do 50 MPH or even 20 for that matter. Power off it won't even slide in the back of my mini-van if I stand on the brakes unless I release the clutches.

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I don't think the best wheelchair brakes in the world would do much to slow down a truck that big. -rc