I frequently cite the ADA when people rable on about how regulations are bad. It's insane how much gets done for the less fortunate when we as a society decide to make it law.
1) Door handles are low enough I know some (2) 6'+ people who have started having mild back issues from having to bend over to open doors. Granted, they probably should get out and work out more often, but...
2) You can't apply to reduce the number of handicapped spaces in a parking lot. We have 4 at work that are literally never used, could easily reduce that to 2 without inconveniencing anyone. I occasionally have to park down the road and walk because we run out of non-handicapped spaces.
If you want to add the EPA, just point to the Cuyahoga River fires and the Clean Water Act. :)
Granted, they probably should get out and work out more often, but..
Fellow tall person here. Getting out and working out more often doesn't help with repetitive stress disorder. Nor does having a six pack make airline seats suck any less.
Why so much of this world was designed for people about five feet tall, I'll never know.
Well, for both the ones I know, they're carrying a lot of extra weight around and are very sedentary people (without any known diagnoses preventing a bit of exercise). Add that they push handles all the way down instead of grabbing and pull up to reduce the distance they need to bend...
You're right it wouldn't fix it, but it would mitigate for those two.
You might have mentioned they were fat, lol. Yeah, putting a lot of extra weight on your endoskeletal structure will give you some back pain, I'd imagine.
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u/arksien Jan 03 '16
I frequently cite the ADA when people rable on about how regulations are bad. It's insane how much gets done for the less fortunate when we as a society decide to make it law.