In the last four years, my chair has been hit 14 times. Not all of them were presented to the police and not all of them sent me to the hospital. Some people took off before I could get a license plate number or anything. Some of them I was able to block before they took off. The problem to me is that a lot of people are in a hurry to get nowhere out there. Some people don’t care about us out here in wheelchairs or anyone with a disability. Some people are good and will stop for me if I fall over or get turned over. I’ve had some people who will stop in the middle of the street just to help me. One person hit me and asked if I was OK, helped me up and put $100 in my pocket.
Ever since the first time, I’ve tried to be more careful, but it seems like everyone is in a hurry and don’t care about a person who is on the street with a medical device of some kind. We’ve had some people get killed in different parts of Nashville. People need to listen to me because if they don’t they’re gonna kill somebody. If I hit someone in a vehicle, I couldn’t live with myself. I don’t know if they could or not. If they’re in that big of a hurry I guess they could. I’m just begging people to please be more careful driving around people using a medical vehicle or device.