Mobility scooter lessons :-)

[Fly]

Saw one on the bypass near Whitmoor roundabout the otherday 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-17680852

[simondjuk]

Its about time they had some kind of lesson.  I also think they should have some kind of registration plate as they use the roads.

We had an incident a couple of weeks ago at one of our buildings where an old bloke was on a mobility scooter and ran into a pane of glass.

[Old Cruser]

Excellent idea!

[Pete]

My dad had one for a short time - he was a bl**dy liability! I think Hasland breathed a sigh of relif when he couldn't drive it any more... 

[Alsatian]

I also think they should have some kind of registration plate as they use the roads.

I thought that the scooters that were SUPPOSED to use the roads, and therefore have to be road-legal, did have a registration plate. It's the ones that wander on and off roads that shouldn't be there in the first place AFAIK.

[Old Cruser]

eeee nooo - not in our village they don't Alsatian a flipping pest they are at times 

[Fly]

Electric powered vehicles don't need any regular car criteria, tax, mot etc.
Perhaps they should 

[Slacker]

Remember the little pale blue petrol driven things?

[Big Dave]

A few days ago I read that able-bodied people are buying them for short shopping trips as they're cheaper than using a car.

[Old Cruser]

A few days ago I read that able-bodied people are buying them for short shopping trips as they're cheaper than using a car.

   Good grief !! not heard that one Dave.
All w/chair/scooter users should have an insurance though - not too sure how many bother!

[Alsatian]

eeee nooo - not in our village they don't Alsatian a flipping pest they are at times 

Yes, we had a couple who were regulars at Jaynes pub!

[Old Cruser]

Probably know at least one of them - male, oxygen on, smoking a fag!!!

[Pete]

Kamikaze pensioners?   

[Alsatian]

Probably know at least one of them - male, oxygen on, smoking a fag!!!

Yep, that's the one!! 

[Alsatian]

Electric powered vehicles don't need any regular car criteria, tax, mot etc.
Perhaps they should 

Apparently 'class 3' scooters - which are allowed to use the road - should display a 'nil duty paid' tax disc, which is what I must have seen on the one I was referring to - and he/she must just have fancied having number plates as well!

Scooters other than 'class 3' are only allowed to use the road for crossing from one pavement to the other - perhaps scooter riders/drivers need to be reminded of this from time to time!