electric wheelchairs - Page 2

cashman · 05-06-2007, 19:44

i think an open season should be created say between may @ september, when you could go hunting them with 12 bore shotguns.

lancsdave · 05-06-2007, 20:07

My Dad has 2 electric scooters ( I keep telling him about spending my inheritance but he takes no notice

)

He uses the smaller one for mowing people down in supermarkets and saves the bigger one for when he is out in town

jimmi5bellies · 05-06-2007, 20:08

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Originally Posted by cashman

i think an open season should be created say between may @ september, when you could go hunting them with 12 bore shotguns.

Thats very naughty ......

Have you noticed a lot of the users arnt actually disabled but just elderly. (prob those whose licences have been taken off them for poor eyesight).

jimmi5bellies · 05-06-2007, 20:09

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Originally Posted by lancsdave

My Dad has 2 electric scooters ( I keep telling him about spending my inheritance but he takes no notice

)

He uses the smaller one for mowing people down in supermarkets and saves the bigger one for when he is out in town

lol

What colour is his, then i know to dodge him.

lancsdave · 05-06-2007, 20:10

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lol

What colour is his, then i know to dodge him.

I think they are both blue with blood red tints on the front

jimmi5bellies · 05-06-2007, 20:14

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I think they are both blue with blood red tints on the front

ROFLMAO ....

My friend had a big red one

, it had a picture of a turtle on it to represent 4mph and a picture of a hare to switch upto 8mph. We got about 25mph out of it one day when he said sit on my knee and gave me a lift down Hawthorn Avenue.

Neil · 05-06-2007, 20:36

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Originally Posted by jimmi5bellies

ROFLMAO ....

My friend had a big red one

, it had a picture of a turtle on it to represent 4mph and a picture of a hare to switch upto 8mph. We got about 25mph out of it one day when he said sit on my knee and gave me a lift down Hawthorn Avenue.

Keep it clean, this is a family site

WillowTheWhisp · 05-06-2007, 20:51

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Originally Posted by jimmi5bellies

Have you noticed a lot of the users arnt actually disabled but just elderly. (prob those whose licences have been taken off them for poor eyesight).

It depends on how you define disabled. Someone may be able to walk short distances but become unsteady on their feet or tire easily if they tried to go further. I see no reason why they shouldn't use something to help them get around.

Eric · 05-06-2007, 20:52

A buddy of mine lost the use of his legs in a motorcycle accident ... he fixed up an old Harley panhead and put a trike conversion kit on it. This is a serious motorized wheelchair. He rides like hell, but usually on the highway. He has loud pipes on it tho' ... people can hear him coming from miles away.

Billcat · 05-06-2007, 21:58

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Originally Posted by jimmi5bellies

Thats very naughty ......

Have you noticed a lot of the users arnt actually disabled but just elderly. (prob those whose licences have been taken off them for poor eyesight).

Losing one's license for poor eyesight IS a disability.

cashman · 05-06-2007, 22:34

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Originally Posted by jimmi5bellies

Thats very naughty ...

i know.....

panther · 06-06-2007, 05:34

i was confronted by one of these looneys once!
told me i was on the wrong side, i should be on the left while walking

.... i mean ...??LOL... WTF, i was on the pavement....silly owd ******!!
talk about pavement rage!!

jambutty · 06-06-2007, 14:12

After reading this thread I despair. Such selfishness! You should be thoroughly ashamed of yourselves and thank whatever god you believe in that it is not you in such a vehicle.

I accept that there will be some cantankerous old gits but you get far more cantankerous drivers on the road and even cantankerous pedestrians who seem to think that they own the pavement. Pram pushers are a prime example.

Incidentally it is perfectly legal for an Electric Wheelchair user to travel on the road and it is up to other road users to watch where they are going. The same applies to pedestrians. We are all supposed to look where we are going and take steps to avoid obstacles.

However there should be some sort of scheme that ensures that a new Electric Wheelchair user is given basic tuition, much like a new motor cycle rider is. Most vendors will give basic instructions but only on how to operate the vehicle and not how to actually use it.

As for all those complaining about them. It could be you in years to come and if it is your view will change.

magpie · 06-06-2007, 14:21

Could not agree with you more Jam butty:

also we could mention the total idiots that block the drop curbs by parking on them... thus the wheel chair user needs to then go onto the road:

the pavements are in a bad state of repair in a lot of areas....

Thank God I have my legs and I can walk...

People in chairs have enough to cope with... not to mention the people that care for them:

lancsdave · 06-06-2007, 14:28

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also we could mention the total idiots that block the drop curbs by parking on them...

I have been out with my Dad on 2 occasions in Burnley Town Centre where the occupant of said car has actually been sat in it. Talk about cringe because he let them have it with both barrels, it's probably the thing that drives him up the wall most about his disability Strange that on both occasions too neither driver understood English yet had managed to pass a driving test