Woman denied access to drive-thru because she was in a wheelchair

Quote :: A St. Paul woman who tried to use a mobility scooter at a late night
drive-thru was turned away. Now she's championing a cause of late-night
fast food for all, whether you've got a car or not.

Ariel Wade rides her scooter everywhere. She has degenerative
arthritis. What she doesn't have is enough strength or enough money to
drive a car.

A week and a half ago, she pulled up to the White Castle near the Capitol. It was late, around midnight.

The sign on the door says, "Drive-thru open 24 hours. Inside closed 11-5."

So Wade steered her mobility scooter into the drive-thru. She was denied service.

"He said that I couldn't be in the drive-thru because I wasn't in a
motorized vehicle," she said. "And I am in a motorized vehicle!"

Wade's mobility scooter doesn't meet White Castle's definition of a motorized vehicle.

Ken Wilhelm, the Regional Assistant Director of Restaurant Operations, said the policy has been in place for years.

"We just decided that it's much safer than having somebody either walk
through the drive-thru or on a bike or on a motorized scooter."

http://wcco.com/local/wheelchair.drive.thru.2.1045819.html
You'd think walking through a drive thru is more dangerous than driving a scooter through one.

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