IS KENTUCKY DERBY RESULT FAIR? (OR BEATING A LIVE HORSE
Well anyone who has seen the countless replays of the Kentucky Derby probably has enough information to form their own opinion about the outcome. Personally I think all these horses are pretty much magnificent animals that can run fast as hell and they are all winners in their own right just to have made it this far.
Do I wish I had placed a hundred dollar bet on the winner… well yes (full disclosure).’
However, this isn’t a blog about horse races—-or is it Day after day the news in self-driving gets a little more competitive and companies are touting how they have a better or best component that can do one thing or another. Yet something is still missing and while I guess some horse has to bring up the rear….wellI don’t think it should be the same horse that has been stuck in the shoot for years—-accessible affordable transportation for people with disabilities .
GM is spending 300 million on electronic and self-driving cars, toyota jus claimed they are dumping an additional 100 million into this venture, WAYMO is building a facility in Detroit…and all these good things are getting splashed all over the automotive news.
and bringing up the rear? Well we are not seeing how these vehicles will be designed to provide equal access to all possible drivers. We are not seeing much movement to get pople with disabilities involved in the design and building phases of these efforts. GM and WAYMO are bringing jobs to this industry, but have we seen any commitment to an inclusive work force—not in the headlines. Here’s a perfect opportunity for these companies to have experts on barriers added to their staffs and yet it seems no movement is being made in that direction.
What dow see? Well we see some organizations provide great information about how accessible transportation would be both socially and economically advantageous , and yet no perceivable motion in that direction.
Right now people with disabilities and the senior crowd are just being left in the dust again.
If you are a reporter- when are you going to begin asking the inclusion questions?
If you are a policy maker when are you going to read the facts and know access is a productive and possible goal?
If you are an advocate when are you going to hop aboard the car train?
Well there’s the bell —-the race in on lot’s if we can make equality a horse race this time because some of us are tired of being left behind cleaning out the stalls
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