DOJ sues United Parks over ban on wheeled walkers
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The Department of Justice on Thursday sued the parent company of the SeaWorld and Busch Gardens theme parks, claiming that a ban on wheeled walkers with seats at its parks violates civil rights law by discriminating against people with disabilities.
Read more from The Associated Press.
Wait, isn't defending disabled folks "woke" by this administration's standards? I didn't think anyone was left in their civil rights division.
Regardless, talk about an unforced error.
Jeff - Editor - CoasterBuzz.com - My Blog
The Segway ban at Disney has been through the courts many times, and ultimately Disney prevailed on the grounds that the mouse's lawyers "produced expert evidence to the effect that Segways pose a substantial risk of injury in the crowded confines inside the park due to the vehicle’s design,” . I think that this would be steep hill to climb for United to argue the same here. Wheeled walkers are inherently more stable than a Segway, well except maybe on steep hills.
More to the point, they don't enable people to move through a crowd at 13 mph.
Jeff - Editor - CoasterBuzz.com - My Blog
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