Mobility Scooters
 

A news report reveals that recently a person has been knocked down and seriously injured by one of these scooters. Other reports reveal that some people have actually been killed.

These scooters are supposed to be for people with severe walking difficulties but anyone can buy one and require no license of any sort and no insurance. Although you can get insurance if you have a mind to. I’m told that a typical insurance cover for a Mobility Scooter is around £48 pa with a liability to the maximum of £2,000,000.

Taken from http://www.discountscooters.co.uk/extra/pages-page_2/index.html

What are your thoughts on this issue?

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They should be forced to all be insured.

They should carry a licence, showing they are insured, similar to a car tax disc.

If found not to be so, they should be heftily fined.

Although useful to infirm people, some of the drivers show as much concern for other people as boy racers.

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Insurance is available and that price sounds about right.

I agree that as its a motorised vehicle you should me made to have minmum insurance.

As for riding them on the pavement.:eek:

On a Dual Carrageway. talk about Death Wish.

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I'm surprised there is not yet a tandem version on the market. It seems to me that would be a good pick-up for the local totty after a good night on the town; who needs a Ferrari, when you've got something as enviromentally friendly as this, with any emissions coming later?

I'm sure there is at least one wench on here who would be glad for a lift home from yours truly; naturally, I ride poke position.

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Does that mean they should have a certificate of insurance or a tax disc ?

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these things are as much as a hazzard as those bloody mini motor bikes and should have to have insurance tax ,and some kind of M.O.T

does anyone remember those spaz chariots as we called them when we were kids with teh big plastic bubble as a roof, they were hillarious to watch trying to get up dill hall lane or whalley road lol :D

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I feel more threatened shopping in Asda with trolley drivers than I do with mobility scooters but maybe I'm biased.

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:rofl38: yeh asda does nowt for your blood pressure doesn't it:rolleyes: lol

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No not legally, that's just what I think should happen.

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You can hire one of the smaller scooters, for shopping, in Warrington market. It makes me wonder how the people who hire them get into the market in the first place if they can't walk? Even the market car park is about 100 yards across a fly-over. Once they are on the scooters and out shopping they are lethal. If I see one coming I make as wide a detour as possible as the drivers have nothing in their minds except where they want to go and God help those who get in the way.

The bigger ones - we have one that tootles through our village. He lives on the busy, 60 limit main road and he sets off at 8 m.p.h regardless of other traffic then makes a right turn into the village centre. He doesn't signal, slow down, speed up or whatever - he just goes. Naturally, drivers are careful not to hit him so the problem is to avoid hitting each other as they avoid him.

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I was up town some months back and witnessed an old guy on one of these things and he went striaght into this poor womans legs knocking her to the ground and grazing her legs , thing was this woman was quite elderly also ,


I personally think that if they elderly or infirm are to use these things then they should at least have knowledge of how to use them safely and have knowledge of the busy roads we have today ,because most just buy them n ride them without actually reallising just how much damage they can do

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Now imagine the shock when he they get a letter holding them responsable for injuries or damages from a solicitor.

Im sure there would be many of these 'No Win No Fee' types that would happly take it on.

I cant see how they get away without requiring insurance even if it was just for third party.

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..........should stay on the bloody road, was crossing over the road once and some silly old mare said to me 'your supposed to walk on the left side':eek: wtf...... I wont say what I replied!:mad:

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I think the owners of these should take out insurance and maybe even have to have a lesson. My Grandad has two of these that he doesn't use thankfully as he isn't at all capable, they belonged to my Grandma, but if he decided one day to get on and go into town, who would stop him? Also why do drivers of these things think they have right of way?

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Well, if you don't like them on either, where would you suggest they be ridden?

Part of the problem is that pedestrians often pay no heed to folks in scooters. Speaking from my wife's experience, pedestrians seem to believe that scooters and wheelchairs can stop instantly, so they just step directly into their path without even looking. I've seen far more of that behavior than I ever saw of folks with scooters causing accidents. Then again, I've also seen far more pedestrians endangering their own well-being than I have of drivers behaving irresponsibly when pedestrians are about.

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I've seen some folks using a golf cart, which can accomodate two. Not quite as easy to get onto as a scooter, and pretty much impossible indoors, but a nice way for two to ride together.

How are things in London, Tealeaf? I'm missing decent beer!

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I'm glad my Dad still lives in Burnley. An understanding of people with disabilities in Accrington would be far too overwhelming for him :rolleyes:

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Some folks cannot walk or stand for long, but can walk far enough to get to the scooters. I often used to go inside and run the store's scooter out to our car, so my wife could use it. Don't know what they are using in your markets, but the scooters offered by our stores had a top speed of about 2 MPH - appropriate for the aisles of the store. They are also provided free of charge.

Frankly, I've never been hit by a mobility scooter, but have received hits from shopping trolleys, baby strollers, scooters, as well as incosiderate people. Perhaps all of these should get a license and insurance as well?

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In this day and age the elderly are more likely to get knocked over by muggers than scooters.

Now there's an idea we could have mugger training lessons and human rights insurance just in case pc plod isn't on his/her break :-)

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You mean teh blue cars? made by AC same company that is responsible for teh 70mph limit on our motorways. oh and this

http://www.mcarsweb.com/ac/cobra427.jpg

Now thats probably one of my favourite ever cars.

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It would have to be on the road.

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After seeing a little old lady motering up Blackness Road on the way to work there is a serious issue. This lady was on the road motering into on coming traffic.

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They should follow same rules as cars, bikes, quads, tractor, ect.

Again, death wish riding into oncoming traffic.

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She was last see heading up Springfield Road still on the wrong side of the road dispite several points where she could have mounted the pavement.

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I would allow them on the pavement if it was a danger for them to be on the road.

but nothing will be done about anything till something bad happens.

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I have it on good authority the 'Jap's' are working on a Chelsea taxi version, that has a smaller model strapped to the back for tight spaces.