Accessibility fail part 2 🥲
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I work with trains and what I saw here just terrifies me. Not only inaccessible, but also against the safety rules. I hope you made it safely.
these are trams, not trains. still not great but much better than if these were train tracks lol.
@@boinkadoinkk trains ans trams are both rail vehicles, just one is heavier, faster and has a longer braking time. Not much difference from the safety point either way.
@@jelle-tje6064 except that trams run 'on sight' permanently, trains have signalling to help the driver. That's quite the difference. Still, I wouldn't be comfortable crossing there without someone accompanying me, either, especially when I'm in a wheelchair. These types of crossing are quite common, but the combination of being in a tunnel and in a curve (it would seem) doesn't give me much confidence.
@barvdw these are so strange to me, not anything you would see in my country. Trains these days have advanced safety systems, and still, accidents happen. Being alone on the tracks in a wheelchair is not a good idea no matter where you are, though. I just got a cable transporter stuck in tracks at work and it was nearly impossible to take it out there, so I can't even imagine a real person on a wheelchair being stuck like that on -real- tracks. I hope you're safe.
@@jelle-tje6064 I'm fine, but thanks. Yes, even at Brussels South main tram stop (under the train tracks), there's such a crossing. Trams generally do stop, they have to, as there are so many pedestrians using it, but still.
Shocking and borderline unsafe. Having to cross the track like that, what if your chair got stuck!! 😱
So what happens when you chair gets stuck is bye bye na thers probably a way to like tell the trains not to hit u
@@mcjsw yeah probably im just making a point. The fact that a disabled person has to take a backwards route that clearly isnt wheelchair friendly, the bumps on the ground, crossinh the tracks. Its clearly an unsafe and probably anxiety inducing environment to put a wheelchair user in
this is like a horror movie
@@mrsubtlemouth6838 and/or parents like the one behind her! And folks with canes or general balance issues. Heck! I sometimes collapse when shocked/startled (Cataplexy) and oof. Just so dangerous for almost everyone who'd be using the elevator
In my country this is still somewhat common. But someone from the personal has to accompany you to make sure things happen safely. And that will mean wait a long long time
Able-bodied people: [takes stairs]
Disabled people: _”You must travel through the 7-ringed dungeon, there you will find a guide to lead you through the underdark. Once you come across the basilisk-“_
and if you come across the humanoid frogs you took a wrong turn
And there's only one guide so if their busy please wait or take the red string so they can find you in the labyrinth and can untangle it when necessary, when string is unavailable try breadcrumbs. Good luck and may the odds be ever in your favor 🙏🏼
Leaving is a whole-ass side quest
@@kevinmorrice they’re called grung, judging by the fact that the comment said the underdark
Underrated comment 💀
Those tracks terrified me from seeing them *online*. You can bet your arse I‘d rather camp somewhere than cross them on my own
I guess you could get back on the train and get out at another station, horrifying though
I've crossed such crossings many times on foot. Only trapped my cane briefly once.
That person with the stroller behind was very much “I hope this person knows the way out” energy.
I felt that
If the chair has trouble, the stroller is worse to push through it.
But, overall I see a fairly straightforward trip. I've been on walks that gave me trouble and I only need a cane. Utterly impassible for a wheelchair.
That's terrifying. What if the wheels get caught in the tracks?
I have to sometimes use a wheelchair since I can't walk very far distances (among a couple other reasons), and I've had that happen to me before when I was about 11 or 12, a train was gonna be coming soon (if I'm remembering correctly) and I was panicking and almost started crying, and my mum was trying her best to get the chair to be unstuck, and with the help of a random woman we didn't know, I was freed
honestly one of the scariest experiences I've ever had
That happened to someone in the comments for part 1 who recommended this path.
If the wheels get caught in the tracks, you're rolling along in the direction of the tracks, rather than perpendicular to the track path as designed.
That said, I did get my cane stuck in such a crossing once for a few seconds of irritation. Pretty sure that track moved a bit...
She'd likely lose her mind if she accompanied me the two miles to the local store for food. Damned roads and sidewalks make heavily used tank trails look smooth!
Impressive, given our state governor's mansion is literally three blocks away.
Biggest problem being, the city planted trees along the roadside and chose shallow rooted trees that lifted the sidewalk blocks up...
Total rocket scientist move, E=MC - MILLER TIME!!!
Disabled access is always an afterthought. They can design a building with ramps, but they simply don't. It doesn't even cost more if designed properly, but retrofitting ramps over stairs is usually possible.
The elevator broke
@@ineedanewname4844 Yes, the building should have a plan in place for elevator downtimes. If the power is out, or if the elevator is broken, disabled access is still going to be important. In this case, the call button they had to reach people in case the elevator was unavailable wasn't functioning either, either because it was broken or it was simply unstaffed. The failure wasn't exclusively that the elevator was down, it's that the alternative they planned to use in case the elevator went down (the call button) was also effectively down- if that was functional, they may have been able to point her towards a better route or offered a suitable alternative.
Literally all they needed were some *signs* telling wheelchair users the route to get out.
@@blaireshoe8738 or if there's a fire alarm ongoing, which disables the elevators at the ground floor.
Got a guy in a wheelchair that has to go down three floors in the firestairs. I use a cane and last night, when the fire alarm went off, descended 8 floors with my cane, hoping no stairwell full of smoke this time.
Yeah, precisely that happened once, at the fifth floor, smokesville. Old building, fire doors don't seal, hell half of them can't be opened from inside the stairwell.
oh no! i’ve been in that situation, actually the exact place with my wheelchair and it is so inaccessible!!
ack! How did you finally get out?!
That crossing on a curve in a tunnel looks sketchy for able bodied people...
Imagine an elderly person trying to push them self across at all alone... how terrifying!
Ive been through there and its horrible enough on foot, nevermind in a wheelchair.
This is Manchester right? I have felt the same about on foot too. The trams exist to pedestrianise the city and yet not everything is fully thought through. There’s it just wheelchair users or those with mobility aid trying to access here, there’s always people with young infants in prams. Must be a nightmare if you have multiple kids under a certain age as well.
@@momonomay3011 it's just as much fun at such crossings with my folding shopping cart (forget the UK term for that type of trolley). The wheels literally are wheelchair wheels (just had to replace the front pair, which is how I learned that size was the same).
Where I am in Pennsylvania, Harrisburg to be specific, the streets are dodgy for the cart, the sidewalks essentially impassible outside of the downtown area. To access a city bus, it's a 0.3 mile trek, next bus should it be after hours, another 0.3 miles.
Walking with my cane or leaning on the cart and cane to balance the cart to hold me from stumbling, it's a two mile walk to the supermarket. Suffice it to say, I know the smoothest tank trail walk there and back and it's a profanity laden trip twice per month.
My heart skipped a beat when the train horn sounded 😮
Hello! I’m blind and I’d like to give context to the yellow bumps on the ground. Those are tactile bumps that indicate certain things when swept with a white cane. Though I am NOT excusing the inaccessibility in this area, and the tactiles are off centre making it even unsafe for the blind, (from what I can tell) but that’s why their there. It’s also inaccessible for us as well as there are no tactiles right next to the track to indicate where the track starts. I’m not sure if you have a local council in the UK but if you do maybe reach out to them about this issue :)
For sure! They’re new to my area in the US, and I’ve been training my service dog to always pause when she touches them.
@@redfailhawk That’s really cool! Tactiles can be very useful for a lot of people. Even if someone didn’t have a visual impairment of sorts, it still can be useful to train service dogs.
How can you see that they are off center if you are blind?
@@trevdestroyer8209 blindness isn't always 100% sight loss, a majority can still see a little bit
@@trevdestroyer8209 certified blindness is having a percentage of vision loss (I recently learned different countries have different requirements), vision that can't be brought to 20/20 with corrective lenses, and/or having a portion of the visual field occluded, in addition to complete loss of vision.
Larger screens, being able to expand (blow up) a section of the screen, and turning up brightness are all accessibility accommodations for blind/visually impaired.
One of the best soccer players I knew as a child was legally blind. ADA was a recent development, and he was able to use ADA to get special accommodations for the soccer ball so his limited vision could help pinpoint where the ball was, and keep the balls meeting Youth Soccer League standards for competition games.
Most able bodied people have a very narrow understanding of various disabilities, not realizing the incredibly broad spectrum of how people can be impacted by various disabilities.
Most people know that autism is a spectrum, and very few continue that logic leap to recognize that paraplegia, blindness, Deaf/HoH, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, mast cell activation syndrome, POTS, and other disorders **also** manifest across a spectrum.
Unfortunately, even doctors miss this important fact.
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I feel like you could easily have gotten stuck on those rails if you weren't strong enough - terrifying!
I've been disabled since I was 7 and it's honestly always been one of my biggest fears. I am genuinely terrified of a wheel getting caught in a train or tram track.
@@violetskies14 drainage grates that are older are another menace.
No barriers or anything. You just have to rely on your eyes and ears? Jesus christ, It's a miracle no one has died there yet
No mirrors, no signal lights, nothing. Wtf
I don't think you'd like Manchester lol. Walking on tram lines is a very common thing. Honestly, when you live here awhile, you just learn that they're relatively harmlesss.
They go really slow out of that area as you'd expect, and I wouldn't be surprised if the tram driver would stop completly to let somebody in a wheelchair pass first.
Still could be better, but when you know the tracks are for trams instead of trains, you know it's not as bad as it looks.
@@44R0NM10 the heart of the problem is, it's a royal pain in the balls to retrofit these things in. Don't even get me started on how much maintenance those crossings require! Even for a tram (trolley in the US).
My current city only has a couple of such lines, but I grew up in Philadelphia where they're quite common.
We are also getting more and more talking toasters, which is what I call the crosswalk signals that have vocal prompts, which is good. I've been known to talk back to them, "Stop, stop, stop"... "No, I want to get run down!".
And I walk with a cane and have 45+ db of hearing loss. Which means, were the OP to make that remark in my presence, there's a fair chance that the OP would receive a fine fit of my cane to utilize as a hat.
This is just so unreal, the revenue generated from tickets sales must be massive and they can't even give proper disabled access... ridiculous while the shareholders get their full dividends. Intact they prioritise their dividends over investing the money
The elevator was out of service what are you not understanding. Oh there should be another lift just in case the first one goes out. What if they both go out then.
@@BigFootTheRealOne At the very least, there should be someone responding to the emergency call button. Better yet, have a staff member present. Getting assistance should be easy, whether the elevators are working or not.
@@BigFootTheRealOne The elevators are *always* out of service dude. Also: you ever heard of a ramp before? Try using your brain for once instead of just defaulting to being an asshole.
@@BigFootTheRealOne Y'all just _want_ to miss the point, you hate the disabled so much.
@@BigFootTheRealOne A sign. All they needed was a sign directing them to an accessible exit.
Jeez. this stuff really triggers me, and I don't even have any physical disabilities. I hope places like this start becoming more accessible, and I hope you're ok because I know I would have a total burn out after something like that.
That should be illegal! I'd be terrified walking there
Yes, exactly! It's awful 😢
It’s genuinely awful!! I have 3 physical disabilities but don’t need a wheelchair and even then things can be inaccessible to me.. like this is BAD
Legitimately the Backrooms.
With handicap difficulty on.
Thank god there’s at least nothing hunting down there… I hope.
Rats, cats and the occasional pigeon.
The fact they've gone that far in is dodgy, their going the wrong way for the fright elevator.
This is so unfair😭😭 I would get stuck and get hit SO FAST
She had to go through the backrooms just to leave the place 💀
Omg I don’t understand Where you are but that place feels so fucking dangerous, for everyone but expecially for a wheelchair
I literally made a loud terrified noise when that first horn went off.
That was the tram driver honking. They do that literally only to get people to move out of their way, so they were likely honking at her for crossing the tracks 🤦♀️
That’s so scary. Oh my god.
Girl, you're gonna end up in the backrooms
As someone who has chronic fatigue and is really not doing great at the moment; it’s wondering around not knowing where to go or how far it is that can really push my over the edge and have me in tears. Because when you need to rest or just want to be at the place already you have to force any tiny amount of energy you can muster just to get yourself out of the situation.
This.
This is the exact reason why I stopped even trying to take the subway. The mental and physical energy I use to take the subway, when for half of the stations I end up having to take the stairs and the other half I get lost in the many many tunnels is just not worth it. And especially not when it's going to make me miserable and unable to do anything for at least the following week.
Me too 💜
Same here. I’m so grateful I’m able to drive and have a car but I’m fully aware that is a privilege. We need better public transit options that understand ENERGY is part of disability. Forcing the disabled to use what energy we have to fight our way through broken systems is inhumane.
im sure you've experienced it before too, but one of my absolute worst fears is going out and accidentally getting too far from home and/or not having as much energy as i thought i did and getting really bad exhaustion or a panic attack hit me and i'm physically unable to get home. there have been times where i've genuinely almost had to call a non emergency ambulance because i was stuck at a train station or shopping centre🫠
a few months ago they unexpectedly closed a whole train line and i had to travel 5km there and back on foot to get to my destination. thank god i had my e scooter otherwise i would have been f**ked.
Some say she wanders the tube to this day, looking for an escape
What if your wheel got caught in the line 😮
Her friend would've assisted. Next question!!
@@TheVeryBestBaby I think they were referring to how dangerous that can be in general, sure, if I got a burn on my hand because my hob was on fire my friend could put some cold water on my hand and stuff to help me with the pain, but the fire is still going, like the root issue hasn't been fixed.
it's lovely that her friend would help her (that should go without saying) however at the end of the day that situation should be prevented before it can happen
@@TheVeryBestBaby not all wheelchair bound people have assistance. 😊
What if your foot did?
Yo thaaaats terrifying. . .
At the very very least they could make things clearer with different paint.... a colored pathway... signs... ANYTHING. AT ALL.
And the story goes she's still searching for her way out for an accessible day 😢
What people also don’t remember is that most of us in chairs have wayyyy less energy already. All these detours can prevent us from going somewhere- even if there is a route somewhere, I’m going to pass out or need to go home before we find it.
BRO CLIPPED INTO THE WHEELCHAIR UNACCESABLE BACKROOMS
Omg that’s terrifying! I’ve had all kinds of hurdles with elevators not working in NYC that led to it taking 6 hours to get home with alternate trains and busses. All because a single elevator didn’t work.
Its so sad, not only wheelchairs but mothers with strollers have to find a way around too, meaning, if the mother has other children with her as well, the children could be running around and can easily get hurt
That entire design is horrible! No notice of the out of service lift, no call line support, no signs to direct you, a ramp at that steepness so close to a track, TWO active tracks to cross… And I don’t see anything that warns or slows the train when someone is crossing!
Too many companies, businesses, and systems just minimally check the boxes when it comes to accessibility.
Trams pretty much always have the right of way cause that thing ain't stopping on a dime
Thats so unsafe! Even if it was supposed to be an accessible area (which I doubt), one good bump could plant you face first onto some train tracks and you'd be really disabled after that :....(
What do you mean by really disabled?
*much more disabled?
@@Lilou_Smileyhonestly I think "newly injured" "badly hurt" would get the point across best. Both clarify recent physical damage without negating or having to explain the pre-existing disabilities
More or less disabled is hard to quantify when everyone presents differently, and there are so many internal and external factors.
(Multiple disabilities here ✌️ I'm also not saying this, or OPs wording, is some huge deal, nor am I censoring. I know folks here care about disabled ppl and our rights, so it makes sense to continue this convo on how to address something like this without accidentally implying ignorant opinions)
@@Lilou_Smiley Ok I just misinterpreted what you said I thought you meant she wasn’t really disabled now hence why I asked for clarification.
A disabled smear on the track and train. On the bright side, would never have to worry about accessibility again 😅
Can't tell you how many times I've almost been roadkill with my cane.
In 2024 theres no excuse for places being inaccessible
The tactile bumps on the ground mean they expect blind people to be able to go through there ??!?!?
That's crazy! They just allow people to walk across the track in between trains over there?! I don't think I've been in any subway train station in the U.S. that has access like that where non-staff is permitted. There's a third rail in some of our stations that carry about 800 volts of electricity. It's illegal to walk on regular outdoor train tracks here as well, even if a train isn't due to pass that day. That's so messed up that they didn't have some kind of other back up route for wheelchair access. I always admire how positive and strong you are with things. As hard as your illness hits you, you just keep on pushing through, and even do it with a smile. You're definitely someone for people to look up to when times get tough. Wishing you much good health, strength and all of the luck in the world. From Maryland U.S.
They did have another way
BUT, it was out of order and the help button was somehow also out of order
It's a tram line, so it's a Little safer than a train line. But yeah, still ridiculous
It's a tram line. Not actual trains. Most tram lines go in the middle of town with minimal issues but for it to be the station, it's ridiculous there's no better access
Its pretty similar to an above ground tram line.
Holy Moley! At least on the Pedestrian crossing in LA's metro, they have the arm guards that come down to warn people that a train is coming 😮
Gates close when a train crosses?
This may not be the stuff of my nightmares because I don't live near a subway system, but it sure looks scary 😧. Hopefully you made it out safely.
No bars? What about heavy vertigo, bad legged cane users? What if you can’t hear the train, I certainly can’t half the time.
That’s not even considering the danger of the rails themselves. Things get stuck in there, like wheels, shoes, canes, and seeing eye cane things(sorry, forgot the name)
I think they are just called white canes a lot of the time. I’m not sure they’ve been given a specific name. I’ve seen people that are trying to make a distinction between the white canes for blind people and the canes used for physical balance and such by calling the “canes for blind people” or “white canes” but idk if they have a specific name
@@saltydinonuggies1841 White canes is already a better name anyways, people get what it means without it being insulting or accidentally hurtful(from my point of view) it’s just a description.
Hell, a distinction is usually only necessary when both are mentioned.
I literally brain deathed so hard though I could not think of anything lol. But such is life.
imagine being older and in poor health and in a chair alone having to navigate that.
I am frustrated for you
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Watching you and that woman with the baby in a stroller cross the tracks was giving me so much anxiety. 😭
that makes me so nervous what if your wheel gets stuck or you can't move away in time?
videos like this have made me aware of what needs to be done for areas to be accessible and how it’s almost never done
I was born with scoliosis and one wrong move and iam paralyzed. This here is one thing i fear if i do end up paralyzed. Thank you for showing how difficult it is to get around with a wheelchair.
This sounds like something to raise hell over. What if wheels got stuck!?
This happens to me all the time in Chicago. I will have to go 3-4 stops out of my way and backtrack. Adding another 30 plus minutes to my route.
Have you made it out yet?
Did any staff ever come to help?
Imagine you had a doctors appointment or a job interview or something.
They where sending you to the effing backrooms
WTF
That is so bad!!!
I would be so scared, I been considering using chair so I can actually take apart and enjoy day out. I already use other aids and found access challenging so I expected it be bad for chair users (make it worse honestly)
Terrible! I think about the need for working legs often here in the Netherlands. So many stairs as the only option. Even in comparatively modern Rotterdam...
Many times the WC in cafés and restaurants is only accessible by stairs. And if you live in a traditional Dutch house with multiple levels, good luck if you break your leg!
Wtf this looks like a Half Life 1 level 😂😅
I'm so sorry this really is unsafe. My town has potholes all over and I live in a building specifically for the disabled the crosswalk at the building doesn't have an audio cue and it doesn't actually stop traffic just ask them to slow down. And it's off a highway so as you can imagine they are not keen on stopping. This is ridiculous. Also as far as rule 1 I don't know what triggers your tics but you can let me know if part of my response should be edited.
As an able bodied person I’m terrified of that tunnel, omg.
Japan is bad, too. My home station has escalators from the platform to the station building and vice versa...but nothing from the station building to the street. No ramp, no elevator, no escalator. How are you supposed to go home? From what I have seen, staff will carry you. :(
Damn, that sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen (if that's a thing in Japan). The worker trips and falls, dropping the disabled person and themselves falling however far to the street level. Potential injury or death shouldn't be something to consider when you're taking the train anywhere.
@@benwagner5089 As far as I have seen, Japan is not a very litigious country. If it were, activist groups would have forced more than lip service responses to the whole "barrier free" movement here. I made a video on another channel about Braille on vending machines. Braille everywhere except the drink buttons. How would blind people be able to choose a drink without Braille there. Forget about aisles in shops and supermarkets, too. No way a wheelchair could get around inside a typical drugstore here, or in the famous Akarenga (Red Brick Warehouse). Really a shame, considering the graying of society in Japan. Things should have changed more by now.
You shouldn't need people to carry you. Something to do with dignity.
@@Zasek2112 Exactly. Train staff also bring out little boards to cover the gap between the platform and train so wheelchairs can roll on. The person in the wheelchair has to go to the station office, get accompanied by the staff...who will confirm the final desitination so another staff member there can be waiting with a board to help exit the train. No independence, lots of attention drawn to the wheelchair user. It is nice to help out, but there must be a way to actually make it barrier free.😢
@@Murdock13 It's alot like charity, not really about the person at the end of the process, it's so people can tell themselves they help. If we wanted to actually fix the problems the solutions would be built into the system.
That's so scary, this makes me so angry 😡
Thats absolutely horrendous
Going across tracks in a place like that is dangerous as it is and theres canyons that my foot could fall in let alone the wheels
I'd recommend going to that staff area next time. If someone comes to kick you out, they've nominated themselves as your help out if the facility.
You, my friend, are the reason i don't work in customer service 😂
@@kamkbrook334 You feel it's rude or entitled for someone trapped in the subway to seek a staff member?
There may be some accessible route in a lot of places but it’s so hidden and confusing that it’s exhausting by the time that you get to where you want to be.
I have seen this place in my nightmares
Where is that? Isn't it like illegal to have passenger to cross the tracks in underground?
in the part 1 they said this was in Manchester.
It’s a tram not a train
@@glad6774 he never said it was a train.
@@glad6774 they never said train, they just called them tracks.
@@glad6774read the comment again slowly
"It looks like we're not allowed to go this way."
*Pans camera over to The Backrooms*
Does the SCP report on places like perhaps a train station that allows people to enter and never lets them leave?
@@zemoxian damn, when you put it that way it really does sound like a creepypasta lmao
My jaw dropped. Thank you for raising awareness and I'm sorry you had to experience this!
This situation is even scarier when the camera reveals the woman with the pram behind you 😬 like that is such an incredibly dangerous situation with very little if any warning of trains coming through
as someone who's able to walk whenever and wherever, this would've scared me. and I have such little risk of getting stuck. I can't even imagine having to cross through there in a wheelchair or any other mobility aid. I'd be so scared of getting stuck, especially if I was alone. The fact that you and many others are posting these types of videos is so important as it may actually cause some changes to be made, or at the very least raise awareness of how unaccessible the world still is.
I’ve been in this situation a few times, it’s literally so frustrating and also exhausting, making you do more work just to have a normal day and get somewhere, and also how overwhelming it can be.😔
Hey! Railway peep here, accessibility is something we suck at as an industry, especially with the news today. My best advice would be to press the info point button at the station, this will connect you with someone who can help, either by finding you an alternative safe way out or arrange for you to travel to the next nearest accessible station and get you a taxi back where you wanted to alight from originally
Alas, in Zara's previous short about this, the call button never picked up on the other end!
Hi! Zara’s short from yesterday shows how not only was the lift unexpectedly out of order, but that she (repeatedly) pressed the customer service/emergency call button, and it rang with no one ever answering.
@@neothermic1 fair point, I missed that somehow (yay brain)
Lifts not out, the entire exit was closed in this case it’s not an accessibility fail it’s fully on them not reading signs it’s also on the tram website the lifts out of order
@@manen2391 So she's supposed to check the website every time she wants to get off at this station to make sure the lift works and she won't be stuck?
So much for being accessible. Also, sorry for that guy with the orange T profile picture spreading hate just for the tiniest bit of attention. Kids the days, am I right? Oh, and if you see comments like those remember these 5 magical words: Ignore it and report it.
Part 3?
Is there not a backup number to call for help down there? Unless there's no service..
Tram tracks unfortunately have to have groves/gaps at level crossings to allow the flanges on the tram wheels fit as flanges prevent the tram from derailing on the sharpest bends as the shape of the wheel can only do so much. Hence the flange as a last line of defence from derailments.
Yeah, so much for accessibility. Major stations should have multiple redundant accessible egress routes and effective way finding.
It's really upsetting. Why are people in wheelchairs expected to find their way in and out? This is ridiculous and scary, especially if you are all alone.
That’s scary enough without a disability!
As someone who's got mental disabilities but can move fine this would also be very unacceptable. No help around, no signs, loud noises, cramped hallway, I'd be having a meltdown and I'd hope I'd have a caretaker with me if i was in that situation. I get lifts break but if they do then get multiple not just one, you need at least two
They’ve got my girl playing crossroads 💀
As a fellow wheelchair user the level of anxiety I felt just watching this started a mini panic attack. I cannot imagine the level of anxiety/stress you were feeling crossing those tracks and I am so so so happy you had someone who could potentially help (I could be wrong but I’m hoping) in case you got stuck accidentally. My heart goes out to you and all our fellow mobility aid users who have to cross inaccessible places like this, I guess I’m lucky that I don’t need to use the tram or places like this in my town because I’d rather just stay on one side than attempt that. Lots of love and support your way if wanted ❤🫂
At that point call the police, tell them you're in a wheelchair and unable to exit a train station. If the people running the train station can make it inconvenient and dangerous for people who can't use stairs and basically lock you in, you have every right (and perhaps even the obligation) to make the situation inconvenient for management as well.
This is why i learned to use escalators and stairs with my chair. It sucks, but sometimes the only safe way to go.
That must be incredibly tiring and sketchy to do, I wouldn't even know where to start to get up stairs with a wheelchair. I'm sorry you had to learn that skill to deal with a lack of accessibility
I used to complain about a long commute using the long island railroad and New York city transit into Manhattan. I don't how or if it could be done in a wheelchair. Sometimes things can be bad, and you are lucky at the same time
this is indeed fucking terrifying. I'm so sorry you have to deal with this.
That's so horrifying!!! I'm so sorry you had to experience this!
It's terrifying 😢
That is some HALF LIFE Vibes right there.
In Australia we often have to cross level crossings, it is indeed terrifying at times as wheels can and do get wedged on tracks! Thankfully they are changing them over time, we do have to put up with inaccessible shit hey.
Why in the hell would they put people who cannot or have a harder time moving quickly IN FRONT OF MOVING TRAINS?!?!?!
Trains? You mean trams.
@Runastabzzzz I mean, there's always the option for ramps and slopes on stairs, or two elevators, and so on, why isn't there normal stairs with ramps and a wheelchair lift attached?
Like... I live in Germany, even we've got that down better with always having ramps at the very least, and our trains can't even arrive on time remotely, most of the time. Hell, I can walk fine and I'd be terrified where she had to traverse, trams can't stop on a dime, if you can't see them properly, it's too late. Even simple barriers that lift/come down based on when a tram will pass would help way more than this failure of general architecture .
Dear god, sweet angel. Be careful!!!!
Oh my lord I hope you made it out
I found this unintentionally dark and funny. Made me wonder if this was found footage uploaded by someone else as they were never seen again.
@@zemoxian lol
This is awful!!
Me watching this: YOU HAVE TO CROSS THE TRACKS WHAT?!!!!?!??!!
I love that you looked both ways for the train 😂❤ me too tho there’s a lot of one ways in my town and I always look both ways but then again I’ve also seen my fair share of people that have gone the wrong way down them from out of town😂
Also, I’m sorry your day of accessibility turned out like that. I’m glad that you’ve never had to deal with these issues very much enough to want to make an accessibility video but ironically really unfortunate and disappointing to feel like you’re stuck in the subway underground just because yo wheels.
Where is this its awful
I already double check when crossing a empty road to make sure twice that it really is empty
I would have to do that to the power of 4 just for one track, and you had to cross 2 😭
Thats horrendous, the front wheels could easily jet jammed in those tracks.
Dude that is terrifying. Imagine someone is alone and gets a wheel stuck. No no no no no
That “staff private land” is fine. I use it as a short cut all the time.
See I felt like she could go that way too and it would’ve been fine. I break unclear rules the minute something like this occurs because I know it isn’t right and exceptions will have to be made. It’s not like she’d get arrested but I feel like someone there would’ve been fired if they told her to go the way she went. Drama drama, elevators go out of service all the time. It honestly feels like it’s all for clout because a disability advocate would’ve found the safest option to tell her followers how to navigate an obstacle like that safely. I’m really tired of seeing people make a mockery of people who actually deal with this stuff daily; posing as advocates while only speaking about themselves in a way that romanticizes their disabilities or makes other people pity them enough for a check. She is not advocating for anything but more money in her account.
Accessible...enough. atleast thats what somebody thought :)
tbh constantly crossing tram lines/having trams close by triggers my anxiety when I'm walking around manchester anyways, this seems like an utter nightmare and completely unsafe!! these companies/the council needs to do better because this is awful especially if someone's pram/wheelchair wheels get stuck!!
Holy shit, that's terrifying! I'm so glad you got out safely and hope you don't have to go through there again anytime soon. Shame on that station and staff like christ, that's cruel.
Hearing the train while you were on the tracks gave me serious anxiety