Mobility Scooters
Potentially controversial comment coming up.
The elderly are often found on "mobility scooters". They are a very useful tour for the disabled – more practical than an electric wheelchair, they almost certainly allow some people to "get out" who wouldn’t otherwise.
However, they are dangerous. They are a motor vehicle. Just today, I’ve seen another news story:
"An 87-year-old Cornish woman was rescued by police five miles from home when her mobility scooter sped off out of control.
Officers later found her heading along the A3075 towards Newquay.
A police community support officer (PCSO) rode the scooter back and said it appeared to be working correctly.
"I just lost him. I was half asleep to tell you the truth," she explained.
It took PCSO Michael Ginnelly an hour to drive the scooter back to Perranporth.
"I think Mrs Bishop just gripped the controls and went too fast and held on for dear life," he told BBC News." (BBC News)
So, basically, she was driving it without really knowing how to. She panicked. That could have not only caused injury to herself, but also to other motorists as she was "swerving across the road".
Therefore – there should be a driving test for them. If people want to drive them on the road – which they often do – they should be subject to the same laws as everyone else. Including needing to pay road tax (maybe reduced – let’s be fair, they’re used less) and have number plates so dangerous driving can be prosecuted.
And the other thing is that they should be banned from shops. Who hasn’t had to squeeze against the shelves in a small store because someone has driven past in one of these? Supermarkets with nice wide aisles are one thing – but I bet the people with these don’t live in their scooters, and at home will mobilise themselves in other ways (for instance with crutches). I’m sure they could cope with doing the same in the shop.
I know this is a rant – but in this day of "Elfen Safety", surely the danger of mobility scooters should be looked at? The problem is obviously balancing it with the disability rights of needing to get around – and whilst I’d think some steps to regulate scooters would be reasonable, the government are probably just scared…
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…at home will mobilise themselves in other ways (for instance with crutches). I’m sure they could cope with doing the same in the shop…
That will work, simple bound down the isles with your crutches tossing items into the basket. Oh wait, the basket. Maybe the disabled should come with hooks to attach things like shopping baskets to them selves.
I’ve never needed a basket in a small local corner shop. Yet, I have had to do some emergency avoidance to avoid someone flying around in one.
I’m not saying all people with mobility scooters are hooligans – but the fact remains that some are. I said when I first made this post that supermarkets do not pose a problem – and for any large store with nice wide aisles the same logic applies.
But surely common sense dictates – where the aisles are only just wide enough to fit a scooter down, it’s not courteous to try to do it and assume that everyone else will be able to sit in the baked beans to avoid those that try to.
Mobility scooter is also a part of automobiles and so like testing of person on other vehicles, test on it is also required.
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