These are mobility scooters, not race cars.They help those that have trouble walking. They are not meant to be a mode of long distance transportation. Five MPH would be pretty fast if you bumped into someone while shopping at the mall.

Regards,

But gangsters are finding their BMWs and Ferraris are becoming easy prey for the long arm of the law… and making mobility scooters their latest must-have.

Police say dealers have been posing as disabled people to smuggle drugs through the streets, hiding the stash inside the scooters.

With a top speed of only 8mph, the scooters are small enough to beat traffic jams and are generally inconspicuous.

A Metropolitan Police officer said: “This is just the latest tactic drug dealers have been using to try to keep ahead of the police.

“We’ve seen scooters bought specifically to move large amounts of illegal drugs over short distances.

“The substances have been packed into the insides of scooters and hidden. We can only assume they do it because they think we won’t search them.

“These are not disabled people. Dealers are trying to find new ways to do their business because they know we are on to them.”

Police have used Automatic Number Plate Recognition to track down dealers’ cars – often BMWs, Ferraris and Lamborghinis – and so they moved to bicycles to avoid detection.

Mobility scooters do not need number plates or insurance and are a more anonymous way of travelling.”

From the Mail

For example, in the Tyne and Wear area, scooters are banned on the metro (local ‘underground’ equivalent) because of accidents. Again, this is a shame because for an awful lot of responsible drivers this causes difficulties. The problem is that there does not seem to be an easy way to identify those who are idiotic, irresponsible or possibly simply incapable of controlling their vehicle properly and allowing everyone else to happily get on with life!

So I’m not against mobility scooters per se. I’m against the proportion of people who drive them without either the appropriate ability or consideration for others (and it sounds like you aren’t in this category) — as indeed I complain about car drivers who fit into the same category. And as for bloody pedestrians… despite being a pedestrian most of the time, I drive from time to time, and the number of people who seem to have a death wish…

don’t indicate
don’t give way on crossings ( i was nearly taken out by one a while back )
park in front of /on drop curbs forcing us out into the road to get past
cut us up if we HAVE to use the road
are generally inconsiderate /just don’t see us ( there are also some very considerate drivers too thank god )

irresponsible cyclists who :

cycle on pavements
speed far in excess of 4 mph !! ( or even 8 )
have no breaks
have no warning device ( despite the law requiring one )

irresponsible pedestrians who :

walk round in a dream
use i – pods and other music things totally cutting them off from whats happening around them
walk in to us
let their kids run loose and even laugh if the child jumps in front of us
don’t see us ( i have 2 orange flashing beacons on my scooter and they STILL don’t see me )
abuse us
spit at us
walk round with their heads down whilst using mobile phones ( why do they do that ?? )

so before you moan about scooter users – are you all so perfect ?? – no you ain’t

i insure and tax my scoot – and fortunately being a trained ex emergency vehicle driver have lightning reflexes ( and boy do i need them sometimes !! )

we all just trying to get somewhere – show us a bit more consideration – and we may just show you some – just consider yourself LUCKY – you don’t NEED to use one of these devices – if you DID you may have a slightly different take on things !!

However, rather like driving a car on a reasonably clear road, there is a great temptation to go as fast as you can possibly go…