What safety tips would you have for people forced to use crutches

[james_davis_nicoll]

(Which does not include me at this time)

Storm drain grates are sometimes wide enough to let a crutch tip through.

Crutches slow you up a bit, enough if you're exiting by the rear door of a bus and you are wearing a backpack, the door can close on the backpack and haul you sideways.

Your head at mid-stride will be just a little higher than it was and those lintels you now just clear will now be obstructions.

Anything else?

Comments

[happyinmotion.livejournal.com]

On buses, trains, and planes, the tips may exert sufficient pressure to push through the edges of floor panels. Pulling them out can result in the rubber tip being lost under the floor.

This happened to me the one time that I went on a train on crutches. I was not pleased.