Apparently those scooter-type wheelchairs can go like 16 km/h, which is faster than most people can walk. Which must be annoying when a wheelchair person wants to go somewhere with a pedestrian - it would be sooooo bloooooody slooooow! So then the wheelchair person might be inclined to give the pedestrian a ride, but that wouldn't work if you didn't have a lap-sitting type of relationship, or if the pedestrian is bigger or heavier than the wheelchair person.
My idea: make it possible for someone to stand on the back of a wheelchair behind the seat, like on a dogsled. That wouldn't make the wheelchair much bigger (we don't want them turning into minivans) and it would maintain an appropriate physical distance while allowing the wheelchair user to drive unfettered.
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Now you have me wondering if these exist!
I've been googling but haven't found anything. But it's really hard to find something when you don't know what it's called AND don't know if it exists.
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