I’ve been refused service at a drive through while on my motorcycle. Tough for me. Guess I should have gotten a lawyer and brought another frivolous lawsuit.

Hey blind guy – if you’re craving Taco Bell that badly, Uber.

Hugo,

I know that you are pushing your idea from a certain point of view. However, that being said, I see your solution as not being economically feasible and in fact, economically prohibitive.

You talk about a 4 foot leeward sidewalk as if it can be created out of thin air. Where exactly do you want the square footage for this to come from? As the sidewalk is going to have to run down the side of the building, you are going to either have to take space from the building and leave the drive through lanes intact or move the drive through lanes over 4 feet the length of the building which gets into traffic for the non drive through cars as well as the parking areas. (And we haven’t even talked about the costs of extending the building to support the window out which is going to have to be a lot of money as well.) Either way the reconstruction of the areas is going to be a lot of money and for what? $20 in sales per hour for 2 hours a night?

Once again, to me, this is a case of let the businesses decide. If they want to take off valuable dining room and prep space for your idea, great. Or if they want to use their business acumen to decide the best use of space to maximize income and profit, some chowderhead in some legislative body should not tell the business they have to do this.

There are political tradeoffs involved, whether pedestrian customers are worth recruiting as allies.

Hugo,

This is a discussion based on the idea of ADA compliance, not the economics of the design or services offered by the restaurant.

If a restaurant wants to offer walk up service, that is great. They shouldn’t be forced to do so as with walkups, the risk to the restaurant and to employees increases.

The choice should be that of the business owner, and not mandated or forced upon the restaurant by the government.

A safe solution for pedestrian customers might involve sticking the automobile service window out four feet. Its lee would shelter a sidewalk approach for pedestrians to their own pickup window at a 90 degree angle to the automobile one.

source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-blind-lawsuit-mcdonalds-0528-biz-20160527-story.html

Oh, how I love a good joke early in the morning!

1. Your car insurance already covers this sort of accident,
but,
2. Who has deeper pockets, me or McDonalds?

The fairest solution might be: (1) pedestrian and bicyclist customers can only collect for injuries on a limited cost basis ( eg workmen’s comp) and only if the other party (driver) is at fault. (2) The plaintiff must sue the driver, not the drive-in. Only if the the driver is uninsured and insolvent could they sue the drive-in for limited economic damages.