Wheelchairs walk away from the CHUM
The CHUM hospital loses hundreds of wheelchairs every year, people wheeling away on them or putting them in their car trunks to take home, sometimes abandoning them in public places. The hospital sends people out to get them, but sometimes they’ve been locked like bicycles, or are too badly damaged to repair.
Nicholas 09:55 on 2024-10-05 Permalink
They should be able to hide a tracking device inside the wheelchair to at least recover them. That they haven’t (just using one that can track it on-site) means it’s probably not worth the cost.
Also, at least a decade ago, it was not illegal to walk around with bolt cutters. I had a bike key break in a lock, and the police said as long as it’s my bike I had no problem walking around with them or breaking a lock, and no need to alert them before I do it.
Ephraim 19:30 on 2024-10-05 Permalink
A large attached pole, so you can’t easily put them in car and then electronic tags