Mobility scooters

[Glasgowgal200]

Was on bus earlier today and there was someone on a mobility scooter. Being as they are larger than buggies/prams or wheelchairs should they be allowed on public transport? I think the whole point of a mobility scooter is you can go out on pavement etc with them. They had trouble trying to manoeuvre it off the bus and I presume it was the same going on it? Luckily bus wasn't busy but I'm not trying to be nadty but keep mobility scooters on pavements etc.

There is no difference in law between a mobility scooter and a wheelchair.
it is just a wheelchair with a tiller at the front.
so no, you are wrong, completely.
Neither are they necessarily larger than wheelchairs, particularly power chairs.

Having a child is a choice. Disability isnt

Usually its OK but some may be considered too large or heavy for the vehicle.

It's at the bus operator's discretion whether to allow them or not based on size/weight/class. Almost all operators allow class 2 (the pavement safe type). As the scooter was on the bus obviously that operator allows them.

Of course they should be, no different to wheelchairs as it helps a disabled person get around.

You can go on pavements with buggies/prams too. Maybe they shouldn't be allowed on buses?

Brave topic op, as you’ve seen you’ll be lambasted and told of the evils of having a child and how even paying for a ticket on public transport is entitled, evil and various other awfulness!

Class 3 ones are usually too large for public transport, they are the road legal ones with a top speed of 8mph.
Some transport companies make us get a ‘scooter permit’ I have one for GWR and south western trains. Scooter or power chair has to be within a certain size. Around 75x120 cm ish

Depends on the scooter surely? My mum has one that would definitely not be appropriate on a bus (similar to pic), whereas some are just similar to wheelchairs.

On principle it's no different from a wheelchair - a device that let's the user do a journey that most people would walk be they can't. In that sense it should be exactly the same as a wheelchair in terms of being allowed on buses.

Your argument about being on the pavement is ridiculous: your legs let you walk along a pavement and, if you have a baby, their pram or buggy lets you push them along the pavement, so logically if a mobility scooter can't go on a bus, you should walk pushing your pram.

However, I do think there has to be a size limit, because buses are a certain width and people have to be able to get on and off easily.

Mobility scooters are a difficult area as some are road worthy, some can only go on the pavement, some are small and easily manoeuvrable, some will go up mountains but aren't really suited for going on buses. I think there does need to be a rethink and reclassification. I know another issue with some of the large ones is manoeuvring them on station platforms. There have been numerous issues with people falling off platforms in them