Children on skooters at London Zoo

[Agggghast]

Yesterday I went with my DD2 to the zoo, she is 19! However we really enjoy zoos and have travelled the world to see them. The day was ruined by under 7's on skooters. We saw at least three toddlers nearly knocked over and no parental supervision. The worst case was two boys speeding down an underpass missing a small child by inches. Parents were not in sight. They were about to return the same way and I said not to because there were at least three families walking up. To which the charming 6 year old told me to f**k off. I completely understand there is a lot of walking by why do parents allow children out of sight? Ironically all these well spoken parents seem to feel it is OK. I last went to London Zoo three years ago, it was sad how much worse the behaviour of under 7's has got.

Children are born with feet, not wheels. Scooters are toys for wide open playgrounds, not shops or crowded spaces.

Can't kids walk anywhere these days?

Who needs scooters at a zoo?

YANBU OP

And if my hypermobile DS can walk around London zoo, I'm sure a child without a disability can. I loathe scooters. They're ostensibly banned in our school playground too but that doesn't stop some kids scooting into the backs of adults' legs.

We were at the Edinburgh Fringe yesterday. Absolutely rammed everywhere, barely able to stay together and plenty of numpties with scootering children. Had my ankles bashed more than once and whoever thought it was a good idea to bring them into the teeniest tiniest venues, whacking people as they tried to squeeze past us into their seats, is also an arse!

YANBU I went last week and had the same experience with actual feet being run over and shins hit.

I had thought I'd read that scooters were banned in the zoo? This was my PA announcement everytime I had to ninja style swoosh my toddler out of their way.

Are you sure they're not banned? For £28 entry, I was hacked off it wasn't enforced by staff.

Unfortunately the London zoo rules on scooters are they are allowed as long as supervised by an adult

Maybe if people complain enough then they may change it.

Why on earth would anyone dream of letting their child take a scooter to these kind of places???

Scooters are outdoor play things, to be used in parks or when playing out, much like a bike. They are not needed for a day trip to a zoo or theme park surely?!