The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority’s rules state “strollers, scooters and wheelchairs are prohibited” on escalators leading up from the subway’s platform. Still, a woman on a motorized scooter attempted to ride up the escalator even when an elevator was a mere 50 feet away.
As you might expect, it didn’t end well. The Boston Herald reports the 56-year-old woman was flipped backward on the escalator. The video captured of the event makes her the latest poster child for what MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo says shows the “consequences of ignoring the rules pertaining to escalators”:
“The chair flips over, and an alert MBTA bus operator pushed the escalator’s emergency stop button,” Pesaturo said, noting that other bystanders raced to her aid, including the tourist who ran down the upward moving escalator. “After her tumble, the woman stands up and walks down the escalator.”
“Seemingly embarrassed, she said very little to T personnel,” he added.
(Image: YouTube screenshot)
(Image: YouTube screenshot)
(Image: YouTube screenshot)
Watch the footage:
The woman who was not identified was not seriously injured and declined any medical attention.
UPDATE:
Fox News Channel’s Martha MacCallum seemingly had a hard time controlling her laughter when she saw the clip.
“I’m sorry, I don’t mean to laugh. It’s not funny…I hope she’s okay! She’s okay, right, you guys?” MacCallum said amid her chuckles.
Watch the clip, via Townhall, below:
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Detroit paperboy
Jul. 18, 2012 at 12:06pmI saw a 350lb female gorilla in one at krogers, cart filled with soda and twinkies, paid with foodstamps. She was probably 30 years old, had five kids with her….I wondered if she was paying her fair share…..
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nobama4ever
Jul. 18, 2012 at 12:46pmI am sure she is the poster child for Obumma
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the_zazzy
Jul. 18, 2012 at 12:49pmShe’ll probably sue the escalator company and the mall for the mental anquish and humiliation she suffered…and she’ll more than likely win and become a multi-millionaire. Ahh…stupidity in America really pays!!
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the_zazzy
Jul. 18, 2012 at 12:54pmShe looks able-bodied at the end of the video…she’s probably confined to the wheelchair for lack of a brain. Thankfully, her stupidity did not hurt anyone else.
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rickc34
Jul. 18, 2012 at 1:07pmObama will probably give her a cabinet job for being so intelligent . She would be a real star for the left.
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rickc34
Jul. 18, 2012 at 1:11pmI felt sorry for the guy in the red shirt that tried to help.
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FreeThinkerDave
Jul. 18, 2012 at 2:11pm@Zazzy – Once she wins that lawsuit, she’ll be a ‘job creator’. I thought everyone on this site loved them.
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Bum thrower
Jul. 18, 2012 at 3:04pmShe’s just a ‘Vunnable”; hopin’ she can ‘change’.
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hopeless
Jul. 18, 2012 at 4:04pmNot very nice. Yes, this woman exhibited a lack of inteligence not common in human beings but I don’t think trashing people is going to win anyone over to the right side.
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KoolAidDrinker
Jul. 18, 2012 at 4:20pmI noticed two things, 1) the Obama bumper sticker, and 2) she was wearing her seat belt…..
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the_zazzy
Jul. 18, 2012 at 4:53pm@Freethinker…we sure do love our job creators. Unfortunately, our president doesn’t know how to create jobs. Maybe you have some ideas for him???
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The Gooch
Jul. 18, 2012 at 5:54pmFat people in distress: Always funny.
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Uranium Wedge
Jul. 18, 2012 at 6:31pmWorthless.
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SoloPocono
Jul. 18, 2012 at 7:48pmOK now, YOU saw a “GORILLA” in Krogers, with how many baby/childe gorillas? AND, they had a cart full of TWINKIES and SODA??!!
Ok, that’s it, no more Krogers for me!!
What the **** is our Country coming to when GORILLAS are shopping at KROGERS!! AND buying TWINKIES no less??!! Maybe Glenn put them up to it?
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BSdetector
Jul. 19, 2012 at 7:09amProof that Darwin was wrong about Natural Selection?
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MittensKittens
Jul. 19, 2012 at 3:39pmThat’s one for the Darwin Awards! I nominate the Scooter Woman for 2012 award winner.
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Servant Of YHVH
Jul. 19, 2012 at 3:39pm@zazzy – she probably did that because of #1 no brain and #2 the lazy a** that made her decide to ride in a scooter in the first place.
@freethinkerdave – probably won’t be no more of a job creator than she is now. Then again, with that much money the stores and fast food places near where she lives will probably have to hire extra people to carry all the extra food back and forth to her to eat. I imagine that she probably got that scooter for free with welfare, I know that if I saw this and had been instrumental in getting her the chair. After watching her walk down the steps as good as she did, I would be asking her why she lied to get the chair in the first place.
@hopeless – talking about the stupidity and laziness that she exhibited is just talking about the choice she made apparently expecting the escalator to change itself to do what she wanted it to do. As Forrest Gump said: “Stupid is as stupid does”
@koolaiddrinker – I didn’t see it but if she had a barking ***** obummer sticker that explains it all.
NOTICE: I apologize to all barking dogs, hussies, barking hussies, bums and barking bums if I insulted you by typing his name – any insult was totally unintentional.
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sixtysix
Jul. 19, 2012 at 6:35pmJust eating it. And, I laughed, too, although I was sorry to see the woman go over. Still, how can someone be that dim not to know her wheels won’t all fit on one escalator step?
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do_it_all_again
Jul. 19, 2012 at 8:55pmi say,, if you cant drive it ,, park it !
and then when she was talking to the reporter,,she still couldnt figure out why it happened !!
she just didnt know what went wrong !
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eric6161
Jul. 18, 2012 at 12:06pmFattycapped people… if she’d get out of that chair, put down her twinkies, she might not be such a bother to so many people.
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NOT-A-MUSHROOM
Jul. 18, 2012 at 12:14pmCongress needs to step in and create a tax for these people using scooters otherwise it is going to get out of control.
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Azzman
Jul. 18, 2012 at 12:02pmGet ready for no scooter sign at every escalator.
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avgconservative
Jul. 18, 2012 at 12:15pmThe’re already there!
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RamonPreston
Jul. 18, 2012 at 6:05pmWhat they need is a roll of duct tape with a sign saying “You can’t fix stupid.”
Wonder what it would have been like if she’d gone DOWN the escalator instead. Run right over people. And the store would get sued.
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loriann12
Jul. 18, 2012 at 8:26pmShe was probably thinking, “I don’t have a wheel chair, I have a scooter from the scooter store that I got for free because Medicaid paid for it.” Who in their right mind would take a wheelchair/scooter up an escalator? I get nervous standing on one.
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gooeylewie
Jul. 18, 2012 at 12:01pmhey!
She didn’t get there by herself. Others, the government, built the roads and bridges that were required for her to get there. She could never have been in the position the attempt to use the escalator if it weren’t for the work of others.
Thus we can now conclude that it is, indeed, Obama’s fault.
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The Jewish Avenger
Jul. 18, 2012 at 12:32pmHere here!
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Rickfromillinois
Jul. 18, 2012 at 12:59pmI keep seeing commercials about scooters where they say that the person getting it won’t have to pay a dime for it, medicare/medicaid will cover the costs. I keep seeing small kids riding one down up and down the street. I think this lady might want to consider suing the Federal government for buying it for her without giving her proper safety training so that she would know not to try and drive it up and escalator. I for one am getting pretty tired of dodging out of they way of these things so that I don’t get run over.
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Lothmar
Jul. 18, 2012 at 1:02pmHey we all know that’s not true, that infrastructure and spending was in place long before Obama took office so really, it’s all bush’s fault… ~sarc~
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hatchetjob
Jul. 18, 2012 at 1:45pmI wonder why she wasn’t wearing a helmet?
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MCGIRV
Jul. 18, 2012 at 2:33pmHear,hear!
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chips1
Jul. 18, 2012 at 3:17pm“I’ve fallen and I can’t get up”!!!!!
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Jim
Jul. 19, 2012 at 11:38amI love the way you think, Goo!
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Brrgrr
Jul. 19, 2012 at 9:56pmlmao
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jungle J
Jul. 18, 2012 at 11:59amBut, she got it at no cost to her!!!
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trotula
Jul. 18, 2012 at 12:27pmI HATE THOSE ADS!!! “I didn’t pay a penny for my scooter!” Yeah, your grandkids will be paying back the Chinese forever!!!!!
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term limits for congress
Jul. 18, 2012 at 11:58amLooks like medicare paid for the basic jazzy chair, but did not pay for the optional breathalizer.
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MCGIRV
Jul. 18, 2012 at 2:34pmHa ha ha !
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Mally01
Jul. 18, 2012 at 11:57amWho is she going to sue? Is this the same woman who sued McDonald’s because the coffee was hot?
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jmf_stl
Jul. 18, 2012 at 12:07pmI bet her phone is ringing off the hook with all the slip-and-fall lawyers calling her.
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chips1
Jul. 18, 2012 at 3:20pmJohn Edwards, line 1.
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Mally01
Jul. 18, 2012 at 11:54amWho is she going to sue? The escalator manufacturer? The Scooter manufacturer? Is this the same woman who sued McDonald’s for the hot coffee?
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gorgo
Jul. 18, 2012 at 12:17pmSUE EVERYBODY! SUE YOU!
/Sol Rosenberg
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jmf_stl
Jul. 18, 2012 at 5:18pmLawyers sue everyone they can but especially the one’s with the deepest pockets.
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Cashpipe
Jul. 18, 2012 at 11:47amLaziness can be quite painful.
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scuba13
Jul. 18, 2012 at 1:49pmI didn’t know Encinom’s mom used a scooter to go shopping.
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USACommoner
Jul. 18, 2012 at 2:11pmScuba, lol.
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RodT82721
Jul. 18, 2012 at 11:47amThe great thing is now anyone can get one of the scooters, with our new free Obamacare! And like the salesman says, “at not cost to you” at the scooter store!
No need for a handicap, just call your local Medicare office and put in your order. Everything is free now.
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woodyee
Jul. 18, 2012 at 11:41amWhy that f#$% b#$%^!
Brings to mind the perfectly fine yet ignorant yokels that use the handicap placards in their automobiles; still worse, because that cart could have rolled over a young child using the escalator…
This wench SHOULD be brought to justice!
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RightUnite
Jul. 18, 2012 at 11:34amOMG!! Really?? Honestly, who would think that would work?? Uuuggghhh!
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Mally01
Jul. 18, 2012 at 11:52amAnd she votes! God help us.
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Veteran Patriot
Jul. 18, 2012 at 2:18pmCorrection: She probably has the right to vote but doesn’t bother, like about 85% of the American population.
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salvawhoray
Jul. 18, 2012 at 5:34pmIf Snooki had a talk show I’m sure her first guest would be that dumb woman.
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biohazard23
Jul. 18, 2012 at 11:34amStupid should hurt.
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THX-1138
Jul. 18, 2012 at 11:32amAnd she can vote.
Still wonder how we got here?
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che-o
Jul. 18, 2012 at 1:36pmNo, not at all.
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chips1
Jul. 18, 2012 at 3:27pmThose that make it happen.
Those that watch it happen
Those that wonder what happened.
Quote from someone.
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jamesctheman
Jul. 18, 2012 at 11:29amSomeone who needs a chair to walk goes up the escalator, takes a pretty rough tumble, then gets up & walks it off declining medical treatment? I would like to know what her ailment is that she needed the chair to begin with really.
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johnjamison
Jul. 18, 2012 at 11:33amShe has down syndrome in that she wants to sit her a55 down all day.
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Pontiac
Jul. 19, 2012 at 12:49am@jamesctheman
What, you didn’t get your “free” scooter from The Scooter Store?
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JohnDoeSr
Jul. 20, 2012 at 6:39amjohnjamison
Posted on July 18, 2012 at 11:33am
“She has down syndrome in that she wants to sit her a55 down all day.”
Thanks, that was funny!
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woodyee
Jul. 18, 2012 at 11:25amGood money is going to be spent on signs in 101 languages for the benefit of those on the low end of IQ averages; they’re probably too stupid to read them, but it’ll protect the investors.
Acceleration speed of lawyers traveling to this site of abject stupidity = 0 to 60mph in 1.3 secs…on foot…
…dang! My stopwatch is running a little slow…
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hi
Jul. 18, 2012 at 11:23amThat is so sad. I hope I am not on a You Tube Video one day! It’s rely scary that there are cameras everywhere. You can do a gazillion good things and make one mistake and it ruins you.
Changing the subject, people need to use walkers. As soon as you give up and start riding one of those things, your days are numbered. Use it or lose it.
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NOT-A-MUSHROOM
Jul. 18, 2012 at 12:07pmIf you are to ignorant or a drunkard who lost their drivers license how else you gonna get around ?
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chips1
Jul. 18, 2012 at 3:39pmYou just stand on the curb, yell “ALI AKBAR”, and a taxi will drive up.
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SoloPocono
Jul. 18, 2012 at 8:00pmHI,
How TRUE!! My docs tried to convince me to get into a wheelchair 11years ago. I can’t repeat what I told them. In 2006, different docs told me the same thing, “just give it up already”. Last month, I completed a 5k (w walker), for March of Dimes. I have a genetic disorder that can be unpredictable. So far though, I’ve found doing the opposite of what they expect, proving them wrong-works best.
Don’t use it, YOU LOSE IT!!
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RandomMan
Jul. 18, 2012 at 11:22amAll the rules and laws in the world cant fix stupid.
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MeteoricLimbo
Jul. 18, 2012 at 11:21amWhere has common sense disappeared to? We need to find the “stash” and let some out.
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SREGN
Jul. 18, 2012 at 11:19amBush’s fault.
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Jul. 18, 2012 at 11:23amOf course; forget the fact that some people either do not care to follow the rules and cautions, or are deliberatly ignorant, assuming they can change the universal laws of physics and human stupidity.
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kaydeebeau
Jul. 18, 2012 at 12:26pm@ Snow – didn’t you hear – according to most leftists there are no universal absolutes – Newton only provided suggestions :)
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Recceman90
Jul. 19, 2012 at 7:53amAccording to leftist’s EVERYTHING is Bush’s fault.
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don moore
Jul. 18, 2012 at 11:16amTOO FUNNY——–HIRE THE HANDICAPPED, THEY”RE FUN TO WATCH!!!
How stupid can people get?
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USACommoner
Jul. 18, 2012 at 2:07pmYou don’t have to be “handicapped” to ride around in these things. They have them at stores all over the place for people who have trouble walking. Problem is, the ones you see using them the most are able-bodied people who REALLY need the exercise but take the easy way out. She obviously didn’t need to use one but…my guess is she is just lazy and would rather ride around to her errands instead of doing any legwork.
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JL320
Jul. 18, 2012 at 11:16amShe’s healed!
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chips1
Jul. 18, 2012 at 3:35pmNow, that comment is definitely funny.
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NSDQ
Jul. 18, 2012 at 11:16amNatural Selection In Progress?
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Shoot2Stop
Jul. 18, 2012 at 11:15amObviously an Obama Voter!
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ONLY4UANDME
Jul. 18, 2012 at 11:25amObviously!
She seems able bodied to me. I was waiting for her to jump over the scooter and run up to the top.
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kaydeebeau
Jul. 18, 2012 at 11:14amShall we start the countdown as to how long it takes this woman to file some sort of lawsuit against the city and the transit authority????
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ONLY4UANDME
Jul. 18, 2012 at 11:27amthree, two, one
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Landon410
Jul. 18, 2012 at 11:29amIn Omaha NE this week a mother let her 18month old child walk around barefoot outside in a park, when the child onto a metal roof of some kind of utility equipment she got 3rd burns on her feet, that mother is suing the city for this
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Landon410
Jul. 18, 2012 at 11:32amlinks
http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/Toddler_Badly_Burned_On_Metal_At_Spray_Park_162539136.html
http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Toddler_Badly_Burned_On_Metal_At_Spray_Park_162539136.html
note*** correction she talked about suing the city, I can currently find no link saying she IS suing the city, but give it time
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Pontiac
Jul. 19, 2012 at 12:47amIf she wasn’t crippled before, SHE IS NOW!
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