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i work in retail and the amount of problems we have with people on these mobility scooters ie almost running people over,hitting wrong button on there scooter and flying forward or reversing by mistake and end up knocking shelving and breaking stock! we even had to call an ambulance the other week cos a woman drove straight over a blokes foot,then got out of scooter and told us it was her husbands scooter she was just using it to do abit of shopping was nothing wrong with her!! does anyone else have probs with people in these scooters when out shopping?
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I saw an elderly gent merrily chugging away along a busy and much-used road in my home town - he was practically riding the white line with a long stream of cars lagging behind him unable to pass on any side. He seemed totally oblivious to the havoc he was causing and how dangerous could that have been? Not sure if these scooter riders need a driving licence or anything but they really ought to have if they are going on the road.
My uncle once hired one to do some town centre shopping, my Auntie was appalled with his driving, eg crossing the road at 0.00005mph then getting on the pavement and zooming off at about 30mph! Apparently he also got into a right pickle trying to reverse down an aisle in Woolies. Needless to say it was the one and only time he's been on one!
a woman knocked on my door only the other day to ask if i was the nurse who had assisted her elderly mother a few days earlier who had been knocked down by a scooter (i wasn't)
the woman broke her other hip and had a heart attack a few days later
as far as i know she is ok, but shaken
apparently this woman was looking in a shop window and just backed into this woman to get a closer look at something
they are a menace
Like Pippa, I too live in Gods waiting room, so we perhaps have more than the national average.
We used to have one senior guy who terrorised people on the promenade in his..... he would go top speed straight at you, and if you didn't jump out the way would hurl abuse at you!! Not seen him in recent years, so perhaps he's either serving time or gone to meet his maker.
i am agreeing witht he original post, despite the fact that i am a scooter user - i get them from motability when i go shopping, and have had lots of experience of bumping into people etc because the controls seem unpredictable. I have to say though, if you ever want to find out how badly shops are designed, get down to scooter/wheelchair level and you will be in for a huge shock. My pet hates are shops that pile things up on the ends of ailes, lift buttons that are too high to press and blooming queues for the checkout that are roped, nessecitaing a 180 degree turn in a foot of space - meaning you have to do a 47 point turn, turning up at the till to find you cant reach the chip and pin machine!
i must admit, if one hit me i'd be tempted to grab them and throw them on the floor - especially if they acted like i was the one who was out of order, (which seems to be the way they behave)
bad, i know but i'd be so furious and outraged i don't know if i could help myself!
however, god help them if they hit my mum or dad!!
we have a lady in our town who uses hers like a car. I've seen her going round roundabouts! She was using the dual carriageway and moved into the right hand lane at the traffic lights! I was behind her (going slowly 'cus i know she's an idiot), and they don't have indicators and she didn't use any hand signals. It's a good job I was watching her closely!
My mum has one and she had to take out insurance against damage to property or injury to pedestrians. She was told by the company she bought it from on no account should she take it on the road. I presume everyone else has been told the same thing!
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