To think this really should be an offence?

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Small child being carried on the lap of an elderly gent travelling in a motorised wheelchair, down a main road.

Apparently not an offence as it's an electric vehicle!

Why would it be an offence? They don't go that fast?

I see a couple of people doing this on the school runs near me. One had two kids on!

Not even if the little one slides off the lap and into the road under a car coming the other way?

I can't believe people will take such risks with their little ones.

Oh they don't do it on the roads near me it's on the pavement. Them riding it on the roads doesn't sound great with children on.

Ade they on the road or on the pavement. If the pavement, no.

I see ones that are like a police display team. They're on the pavement though.

Would annoy me less than little buggers on scooters racing off 30m+ in front of their parents, wobbling all over the place.

It's down the middle of the road 😦

How's that any different from letting a toddler ride up with me on a horse, going down the street?
They could fall off into traffic. No seat belts either?

That doesn't sound safe either to be honest 😯

Those wheelchairs shouldn’t be on the road at all.

Crisp I wouldn't go that far but think there should be some safety considerations.

When i was very unwell I had a mobility scooter, one of the first things it says in the owner handbook is that you should not carry children on the vehicle with you

If it’s against the manufacturers advice on safety grounds then no, you shouldn’t do it but people these days always feel that the rules don’t apply to them

I regularly see people using the road mobility scooters at the higher speed in pedestrian areas which is against the law and endangers pedestrians

Where I live there have been two fatalities due to incorrect use, sadly I doubt anything will be done but they can be very dangerous in the wrong hands