ENOUGH IS ENOUGH...AND THIS JUST IS NOT
Yesterday there was some social media regarding a meeting sponsored the. Auto Makers association in Washington D.C. The meeting was the second in a series of three scheduled meetings to discuss accessibility in the autonomous vehicle industry.
There are an estimated 54 million people with disabilities in the US and their are. Millions and millions more senior citizens who will eventually be expected to function in the world of future transportation. Yet, the car makers are scheduling. 3. Meetings in one of the most expensive, hardest places to economically access cities. In the country and limiting the number of participants in order to gather input with no binding decisions that are being guaranteed after these sessions. So there is only one question?
How would an elderly blind. Guy from Northern Wisconsin get his views included?
Here are a few other questions. With. The amount of money being invested. In the exploration and expansion of this product, is it too much to ask that the department of. Transportation and the.builders hold at least one open forum in each state and on an annual. Basis. Americans in the public sector and the private sector will be investing millions no make that billions in the dev elopement of these products and processes—is it nreally too much to ask ? Should each state be required to set up a disability and elderly transportation council? You could sunset the. Group after. About 25 years when all has been decided and integrated.
The questions could go on and on and on
And on
And on and on—
For now could the US department of Transportation just establishes a Information and Resferral Office for this industr?
Well maybe after the third meeting all kinds of information will be released, however, given what was produced edafter.\ Tthe first meeting, I have real doubts.
Come on it is simple. People with disabilities and older citizens deserve. more information, more independence, more input, and a much greater level of participation than is being demonstrated. Like the title says....
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH AND THIS IS NOT ENOUGH
(Below find the link to the second meetings tweet—but we should hear. more that a chirp regarding this critical matter!
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