All for the convenience of the handicapped! 100 meter ramp looks tiring, says Thai media

[webfact]

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News went to investigate after a TikTok post showed a ramp intended for use by the handicapped leading to a special toilet that looked rather difficult to climb.

 

The media said it would be tiring....

 

They discovered that it was at a gas station on Route 36 near the Pong sub-district intersection leading into Pattaya.

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Staff assured the media that it was built out of concern for the handicapped and the aged to stop them falling. 

 

Meanwhile TikTokkers had a field day commenting on what to many seemed more of an obstacle course than a convenience leading to the conveniences. 

 

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[LoliLoso]

They should provide free motorised wheelchairs for the handicapped users. 

[clokwise]

I appreciate that they have concerns for handicapped people, however, wouldn't it have been simpler and cheaper to just build a new toilet on the ground floor?

[itsari]

41 minutes ago, clokwise said:

I appreciate that they have concerns for handicapped people, however, wouldn't it have been simpler and cheaper to just build a new toilet on the ground floor?

First thoughts are your way , but maybe the drainage would become a problem if the toilet was located at ground level . However the cost involved with the ramp would outweigh the cost of a sewer pump to enable a WC at ground level if indeed there was a problem with drainage .

[MrJ2U]

Lots of expensive cement.

 

Probably collapse after a year or two.

[86Tiger]

 

 

There has been an invention called a "lift."  There is even a specialty "lift" developed exactly for occasions such as this open and capable of holding one wheel chair occupant.

 

 

i would offer it most likely more economical and certainly not as monumental effort required to install as the current "ramp."

[Gottfrid]

Did anyone consider to compare the price for an electric lift with all the costs payed for making this joke?

[worgeordie]

It would be "too late" ,if you were handicapped and in a hurry

to get to the toilet.....

regards worgeordie

Edited November 3, 2021 by worgeordie

[bobandyson]

Looks like a skateboarder's dream slalom challenge.

 

[jacko45k]

Take a look at the ramp to enter immigration in Jomtien.... so steep it would take a few guys to pull a wheelchair up. 

[hotchilli]

If you were caught a bit short I think floor two could get a tad messy.

[Golden Triangle]

Adult diapers anyone ????

[PETERTHEEATER]

2 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Take a look at the ramp to enter immigration in Jomtien.... so steep it would take a few guys to pull a wheelchair up. 

And Hua Hin.......

[kidneyw]

Bad enough not being handicapped!

[RJRS1301]

Obviously no consultation with any disabilities advocates .

Even the term handicapped being used remains a worry.

 

Is there a difference between handicapped and disabled?

 

 

The terms handicap and disability are often used interchangeably; however, they have distinctly different meanings, particularly when used by the medical community. Disability describes the mental or physical limitation a person has, and handicap refers to the disadvantage they experiences because of it.

[Gsxrnz]

But where is the piece of cheese?

[Scott Tracy]

Just tell disabled people, no wheelchair access. They will use the next rest stop. They are used to being messed around, but this must take the biscuit.

[Almer]

4 hours ago, clokwise said:

I appreciate that they have concerns for handicapped people, however, wouldn't it have been simpler and cheaper to just build a new toilet on the ground floor?

Any more suggestions like that will see you head of special projects

[Benmart]

5 hours ago, LoliLoso said:

They should provide free motorised wheelchairs for the handicapped users. 

They would soon breakdown due to lack of maintenance.????

[Will B Good]

If only they had had one of these at COP26.

[Chris.B]

The owners should be made to pay for a full-time wheelchair pusher.  ????

 

What may not be apparent to non-wheelchair users is the long ramps are also dangerous for coming down. If one lost control of the wheel chair coming down you could end up in a mess at the bottom of the ramp.

 

[Burma Bill]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

the Pong sub-district

Appropriate place for a toilet?????

[JeffersLos]

7 hours ago, LoliLoso said:

They should provide free motorised wheelchairs for the handicapped users. 

Funnily enough the budget actually covered that. 

[ChaiyaTH]

The amount of concrete for the ramp alone could have build 4 toilets on the ground floor.

[ChrisKC]

1 hour ago, Chris.B said:

The owners should be made to pay for a full-time wheelchair pusher.  ????

 

What may not be apparent to non-wheelchair users is the long ramps are also dangerous for coming down. If one lost control of the wheel chair coming down you could end up in a mess at the bottom of the ramp.

 

Correct, going downhill, as a runner or a biker or a wheelchair user can be risky. I have done all three.

 

[Moonlover]

3 hours ago, Chris.B said:

The owners should be made to pay for a full-time wheelchair pusher.  ????

 

What may not be apparent to non-wheelchair users is the long ramps are also dangerous for coming down. If one lost control of the wheel chair coming down you could end up in a mess at the bottom of the ramp.

 

I spent a few months in a wheelchair after breaking a leg back in Udon Thani, so I know from experience that I would not be tempted to take that one on. Up or down, especially down.

[bendejo]

4 hours ago, Benmart said:

They would soon breakdown due to lack of maintenance.????

Same with a lift, would be out of service for weeks at a time.  Just like motorized stairs in Malaysia.

 

 

[mancub]

4 hours ago, Chris.B said:

The owners should be made to pay for a full-time wheelchair pusher.  ????

 

What may not be apparent to non-wheelchair users is the long ramps are also dangerous for coming down. If one lost control of the wheel chair coming down you could end up in a mess at the bottom of the ramp.

 

Especially if having a "coming together" at the hairpin with an upwardly mobile user!

[Destiny1990]

The only person i have seen in a wheelchair in Pattaya was a farang.

[RJRS1301]

4 hours ago, Destiny1990 said:

The only person i have seen in a wheelchair in Pattaya was a farang.

Might that be because many disabled locals cannot afford a chair, or are kept at home due to  stigma attached to disabilities?