The fucking disability argument again.
Can you elaborate on your negative opinion on disabled people?
Your negative comment got me to thinking and realizing, that my roommate has to travel 72 miles (one way, double that to 144 miles both ways), at least twice a month, to his healthcare provider, in his truck. There’s no buses around here either.
To make matters worse, he also has to take his family members around for doctor visits. Half the time out of state. Why out of state? Health insurance…
My job? Keep the truck running.
My question? Why the fuck does health insurance force people to drive so fucking far? Shit, we got a local healthcare facility within bicycle riding distance, but they only cover people actively working for one of the war machine manufacturing factories…
I do think that my question regarding the healthcare system heavily ties into the whole transportation problem.
What do? My job is just to keep the vehicle running, not to drive it…
for people with certain disabilities, cars can be a lifeline for accessing work and services
This is valid.
But for EVEN MORE people woth disabilities, they are unable to drive. So any system built around driving automatically excludes them.
Umm, did you even read my comment?
My roommate is disabled, yet just 15 minutes ago had to go drive his disabled sister to the store.
Seriously, did you even read my comment? I’m the mechanic, keeping a truck running for a disabled man, that has to drive his disabled family members around.
I think your described Problem is more the healthcare system.
The original complaint is more that people use disabled people as an argument against public transport expansion which is bad because car centric infrastructure isn’t that good for disabled people either.
Public transit can also include a lot of disability infrastructure to accommodate for different needs. This leads to fewer and fewer people needing to take the car
Okay. Well why the hell does it seem everyone’s disabled healthcare has them traveling 30 to 80 miles away, when there’s a healthcare facility literally 3 miles from us?
Oh that’s right, the disabled people aren’t working for the war machine, so they’re not qualified for the local facility…
