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Excellent idea Dizzi :-D.........................lololol

HARLEY TRIKE
HOW MANY MILES BETWEEN COFFEE BREAKS

SERIOUS
I KNEW A GIRL FROM HOLLAND WITH MS YEARS AGO HAD
A MOTORBIKE. CONVERTED TO A MOBITY BIKE SHE USED TO
VISIT FRIENDS IN UK ON IT

My dad had to take a proficiency test before he was allowed to have his outdoor wheelchair.

It quite took the edge off his 92nd birthday finding that he could not have it made any faster. He had the poor engineer legging it up and down beside him before he could be convinced.

He and his mate form a little convoy with the wheelchair and pushbike. Each wears a reflective jacket and they travel facing the traffic, just like a pedestrian.

A police driver slowed down and had a look at them once but took no action so they can't be so dangerousabout their pursuits.

im staying away frm you if ya get one of them scooters

Wait till Eeyore and I get our Harleys :-D

We'll leave a trail of wounded for miles :-P

There shouldn't be a limiter on them, those can be removed. They should be BUILT to go no more than walking pace, end of. Like an electric wheelchair, you don't see people bombing around in them knocking old ladies over and causing traffic accidents...nor should we be seeing this with mobility scooters.

Bob, some mobility scooters can do motorway speeds just ask Colin Furze. :-D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy5rkw4SeP4

Have to agree a test and insurance should be needed before using them.

That's what my OH wants to do if he gets one, make it into a 'trike'. Being the hairy biker that he is...and he'll want flames and all that jazz... :-D

Reminds me of an elderly couple who came to the charity I volunteered for with a mobility scooter (we used to send them to another charity for repair etc). We actually liked them to work a bit- it turned out this one was burned out. The husband-a retired engineer had taken the limiter off & it had a top speed of 15mph...his wife was heartbroken because the new one only went 8mph :-0

The pavements here are narrow & the majority go up the road...favouring the middle & anytime I've been using my crutches they've been hit by a scooter they really are selfish.

There is one 'round here that looks like a Harley Chopper Trike...now when the time comes :-D

I agree there should be a test and they should have to at least have public liability insurance. One knocked down an elderly lady in this area, I am not sure that she actually recovered from her injuries. I know he didn't even stop but I think he was traced. I also think cyclists should have public liability insurance.

I was thinking of getting a mobility scooter, one with go faster stripes and a cannon on the front :-D :-D :-D

I think a test would be a good idea...I haven't a clue how to use one... :-S

Jules x

You should have seen the mobility scooter brigade at Weston Super Mare, bombing along the front as if they were Mods in Brighton :-0

Some definitely need lessons, they are driving a lethal weapon where children are involved.

and fitted with a hooter.!!!..........plus insured,my sister had 3 toes crushed by one and needed surgery to put them right,it was 10 weeks of crutches to mend crushed and torn tendons and veins.......some you dont know they are behind you till you get a thud in the legs or a bruised ankle.

some hardly look safe and any min they will tip over,but on the whole most are sensible users.

Everyone at sometime has to learn,a bit of patience is all thats needed, but I agree that the control of them should be taught off road untill proficient.

driving it slowly is one thing, Teresa


not being able to achieve the speed limit, is another.......limited to say 30 or less, on a 40-60 Mph road is not safe, for anyone..........

Now I disagree with that...a vehicle, even a motor cycle, if designed to be used on the road, needs to be learned on the road..and if that means driving it slowly to begin with while learning, so be it.

But I'm not talking about road vehicles. Mobility scooters are not road vehicles...they are designed to be used on footpaths.

any vehicle that cant achieve the speed limit for the road its on should not be allowed on that road............
i;m being mean here , and specifically motor cycles that are speed limited
ie for learners that hog the road so normal traffic cant pass them!

Bob

i thought it was TW there was a right traffic jam behind it
and the man looked about 90

we were laughing saying he had escaped from the old folks home

that is a very good idea tw x

It is illegal Joy. They are designed to be used on footpaths, not roads, any roads. Some people seem to think they are the same as having a car.

I personally think they should have at least 5 lessons, and a strict test and be fully licensed, and insured before ever being allowed to use them anywhere.