# 50 MPH wheelchair ride!?!? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 7, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-mph-wheelchair-ride/407121 "2007-06-07T14:49:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-mph-wheelchair-ride/407121/1 "2007-06-07T14:49:30Z")
What a ride for [this](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19088976?GT1=10056) guy! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-mph-wheelchair-ride/407121/2 "2007-06-07T15:09:41Z")
That is a truly, truly bizarre story. “‘The man spilled his soda pop, but he wasn’t upset,’ said Sgt. Kathy Morton of the Michigan State Police.” I guess we can assume he has a seriously well-built chair! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-mph-wheelchair-ride/407121/3 "2007-06-07T15:20:09Z")
I don’t mean to be unkind, but the guy looks like Andy from Little Britain. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4WGlG6hU00) ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-mph-wheelchair-ride/407121/4 "2007-06-07T17:14:10Z")
Does he at least own the wheelchair record now? Maybe longest distance in shortest time? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-mph-wheelchair-ride/407121/5 "2007-06-07T17:16:30Z")
Talk about a story for his grandkids / kids / coworkers / potential dates! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-mph-wheelchair-ride/407121/6 "2007-06-07T17:25:13Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ] “‘The man spilled his soda pop, but he wasn’t upset,’ said Sgt. Kathy Morton of the Michigan State Police.” [/QUOTE] Somebody buy the guy a coke, please! ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-mph-wheelchair-ride/407121/7 "2007-06-07T17:26:48Z")
I chuckled just thinking about the trucker’s reaction. “Sir, did you realize there is a man on a wheelchair on your front grill” “A who on a what on the where now?” ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-mph-wheelchair-ride/407121/8 "2007-06-07T18:43:48Z")
Talk about riding the front seat of the roller coaster. Makes me wonder about his mental state if, after several miles at 50 mph stuck to the grill of a truck, the main thing bothering him was his soda. Either that or he uses the wheelchair to help support some big ol’ honkin’ brass balls the size of basketballs 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-mph-wheelchair-ride/407121/9 "2007-06-08T16:27:29Z")
I just have to say that from what I’ve read, the guy in the chair gets some major points for staying amazingly cool and zen during and after an extremely fscked up situation.