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to thing dual carriage way is no place for a mobility scooter.

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penmack · 10/04/2007 20:33

saw an old man today happily trundling down the dual carriage way in his mobility scooter with a tartan blanket over his knee, happily waving the cars past.it wasnt just that he was in mortal danger but it was 3 miles to the next slip road and i was worried his battery would run out before he reached it

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3andnomore · 11/04/2007 16:21

Maybe they should have some sort of mobility scooter licence or test then...lol..I mean, I suppose if you used to be a car driver or motorbiker, then you probably will know the rules to some extent, but if you had been a pedestrian all your life, you might simply don't know, lol!

lol Tinkerbell...yeah, it made funny reading, eh!

agnesnitt · 11/04/2007 11:37

No test of any sort, you just buy it, charge it up and go. My mum has one as she has crippling arthritis, although her only speed demon moments are in empty car parks, she's a very sedate driver everywhere else

BandofMothers · 11/04/2007 07:33

I just HAD to open this thread when I saw it on active convos. And loled at the oap road rage, but I agree some of them are really dangerous on those things. They whizz along and don't care who's in the way.

I think they ought to have a speed limitation device on them so they can only go a certain speed. I mean do they have to take an eye test to drive them???? Or any kind of test????

tinkerbellhadpiles · 11/04/2007 07:12

3andnomore - LOL I particularly enjoyed the fact that they made the point about using them with extreme care on roads in a tiny font unreadable to anyone over 40

powder28 · 10/04/2007 22:56

I have seen an old man going the wrong way round the roundabout on one of those scooters!
He managed to stop all the traffic

3andnomore · 10/04/2007 22:54

lol...I know I am a complete nutter to looking this up...lol...but this is what I came across
looks like Iit may depend on the mobility scooter, if they are allowed or not....

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penmack · 10/04/2007 21:36

tinkerbell well someone was having lamb for dinner that night. now if they had all been in that baskethe wouldnt of had that problem

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tinkerbellhadpiles · 10/04/2007 21:34

What worries me though - were there sheep in the convoy when they joined the A34?

tinkerbellhadpiles · 10/04/2007 21:33

I'd like to see a wicker basket with a sheepdog in it. Did I mention it was an old english sheepdog - of the very hairy and large type?

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penmack · 10/04/2007 21:25

one of those nice ones with a little seat that the dog could sit on when he was tired of standing and looking at the view. whats wrong with a wicker basket on the front of the scooter at least youd notice if the dog wasnt there anymore

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tinkerbellhadpiles · 10/04/2007 21:25

EllieKthePA - ah yes scooter envy. I remember going round the shopping centre while pregnant and unable to walk through SPD looking at the old biddies mowing down small children with their electric wheelies and feeling very

Do old people put go faster stripes on them?

tinkerbellhadpiles · 10/04/2007 21:23

You'd think he'd get a buggy board!

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penmack · 10/04/2007 21:22

oh what a fantastic imagine, just like the kids from fame

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tinkerbellhadpiles · 10/04/2007 21:21

Yeah if I see him again, I'm going to toss the dog some roller skates - give him a fighting chance

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penmack · 10/04/2007 21:16

that will teach his dog to beg for scraps

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tinkerbellhadpiles · 10/04/2007 21:14

The dog looked like he would die sooner than the chap on the scooter!!!!

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penmack · 10/04/2007 21:12

oh that surely must have been a sight to see. i wonder how you get to a place where taking your dog for a quick drag round the a43 on your mobility scooter seems like a good idea. i bet the dog was none too pleased either

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EllieKthePA · 10/04/2007 21:11

my nan and her best mate both have scooters, my nan has just upgraded hers because it didn't go as fast as her friends one

EllieKthePA · 10/04/2007 21:10

i think the rules say that only children under 9 are allowed to cycle on pavements so a small child would have been ok

tinkerbellhadpiles · 10/04/2007 21:08

I can beat that - I saw on on the A34 - a major dual carriageway round Oxford, on one, dragging a fecking sheepdog.

fireflyfairy2 · 10/04/2007 21:05

3andnomore, I know that rule applies to Motorways, but am not sure about dual carriageways.

littlelapin · 10/04/2007 21:01

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penmack · 10/04/2007 20:50

little lapin a similar thing happened to me in a shopping centre. an old lady going incredibily fast on one of those scooters almost ran down my small son. i had to push him out of the way an onto the floor. when i asked the old dear what she was doing (but not in such polite terms!) she just shrugged and scootered off!it was a clear case of oap scooter rage if ever i saw one

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3andnomore · 10/04/2007 20:41

OMG...I thought there was a minimum speed limit for Dual carraigeways...am sure dh told me that, and that that is the reason why mopeds can't go on them and scooters, I think, can, as they just reach that limit....however mihgt be wrong!
But, what a stupid thing to do...surely it's dangerous!
And littlelapin, that is awful behaviour, too...just because you are on a scooter does not excuse common courtesy and common sense!

OrvilleRedenbacher · 10/04/2007 20:36

lol

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