- Dec 14, 2000
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A Gwinnett County woman who suffers from cerebral palsy said she plans to fight the traffic ticket she got while riding her three-wheeler on a busy road.
Whether you call it an electric scooter, or a motorized cart, it is Rhonda Wilson's legs. Since she moved to Gwinnett County two years ago, Rhonda has used her three-wheeler to make the one-mile, five-mile-an-hour trip from her apartment complex to work.
This past Tuesday, her trip was interrupted by a set of flashing blue lights.
?They've basically told me I cannot leave my complex or I'll be arrested and my chair impounded,? Wilson said. ?That's ridiculous.
Part of Rhonda's trip to work is on the sidewalk. But once she makes the turn onto Center Way in Norcross, the sidewalk ends, and her problems begin. She admits that it?s dangerous for her to travel in the roadway, even though she tries to stay as far to the right as she can, but says it?s the only way to navigate her three-wheeler to her job.
Gwinnett Police officers say she should find alternatives. Officers talked with Wilson about staying off of the roadway. On Tuesday, one officer got out his ticket book.
?He observed a vehicle that swerved to avoid hitting Miss Wilson, and almost swerved into oncoming traffic,? said Gwinnett Police spokesperson Corporal Illana Spellman. ?Of course, that posed a danger.?
Police consider Wilson?s vehicle a ?motorized cart,? and said she needs a valid driver?s license to operate it on the road. Since Wilson?s license was expired, the officer wrote her a ticket.
"We just don't want her to get hurt," said Corporal Spellman.
Officers have suggested she use the footpath along Center Way, although most of it is not suitable for someone on wheels.
For now, Rhonda Wilson is paying $7 a day to ride one of Gwinnett?s paratransit buses to work.
"That takes away my last bit of independence,? says Wilson. ?That's an expense I can't afford."
Her court date is scheduled for April 28.
ok this insane. If there is not a path for her to ride she has to ride in the edge of the street.
not to mention since when do you need a license to use one? are they going to ticket kids who ride there bike? or people that walk on the road?
i see this one getting thrown out soon with all the negitive press its getting (just seen it on fox).
Whether you call it an electric scooter, or a motorized cart, it is Rhonda Wilson's legs. Since she moved to Gwinnett County two years ago, Rhonda has used her three-wheeler to make the one-mile, five-mile-an-hour trip from her apartment complex to work.
This past Tuesday, her trip was interrupted by a set of flashing blue lights.
?They've basically told me I cannot leave my complex or I'll be arrested and my chair impounded,? Wilson said. ?That's ridiculous.
Part of Rhonda's trip to work is on the sidewalk. But once she makes the turn onto Center Way in Norcross, the sidewalk ends, and her problems begin. She admits that it?s dangerous for her to travel in the roadway, even though she tries to stay as far to the right as she can, but says it?s the only way to navigate her three-wheeler to her job.
Gwinnett Police officers say she should find alternatives. Officers talked with Wilson about staying off of the roadway. On Tuesday, one officer got out his ticket book.
?He observed a vehicle that swerved to avoid hitting Miss Wilson, and almost swerved into oncoming traffic,? said Gwinnett Police spokesperson Corporal Illana Spellman. ?Of course, that posed a danger.?
Police consider Wilson?s vehicle a ?motorized cart,? and said she needs a valid driver?s license to operate it on the road. Since Wilson?s license was expired, the officer wrote her a ticket.
"We just don't want her to get hurt," said Corporal Spellman.
Officers have suggested she use the footpath along Center Way, although most of it is not suitable for someone on wheels.
For now, Rhonda Wilson is paying $7 a day to ride one of Gwinnett?s paratransit buses to work.
"That takes away my last bit of independence,? says Wilson. ?That's an expense I can't afford."
Her court date is scheduled for April 28.
ok this insane. If there is not a path for her to ride she has to ride in the edge of the street.
not to mention since when do you need a license to use one? are they going to ticket kids who ride there bike? or people that walk on the road?
i see this one getting thrown out soon with all the negitive press its getting (just seen it on fox).
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