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

[khavrinen.livejournal.com]

Pretty trivial, but all I've got from personal experience: When opening push-bar style doors with your arm ( because your hand is holding onto the crutch ), use the side opposite the one where you wear your watch. Smashed my first digital watch that way.