Mobility Scooters

shillelagh · 04-04-2009, 00:21

are they dangerous?

BBC NEWS | England | Cornwall | Runaway scooter carries off woman

Probably depends on who's driving .....

cherokee · 04-04-2009, 00:26

Omg thats sooo funny lmao!!! I remember last year when I was cycling along the prom and I complained that on e of them passed me at full speed . I was totally gutted that I was overtaken by a grannymobile.
Im ditching the bike and gettin one of them this year lmao!!!!

emzy · 04-04-2009, 07:38

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Originally Posted by cherokee

Omg thats sooo funny lmao!!! I remember last year when I was cycling along the prom and I complained that on e of them passed me at full speed . I was totally gutted that I was overtaken by a grannymobile.
Im ditching the bike and gettin one of them this year lmao!!!!

When you get yours dont forget a trailer for the little ones

What was this women doing on it half asleep?? Do think some of them need to sit a test before they are let loose on these things though, they can be lethal lol

jaysay · 04-04-2009, 08:38

Anything with wheels on the road is only as safe as the person steering in or driving it, but I do think any one who hasn't had a licence for a car or motor bike should have to take some kind of test to prove the road sense is up to scratch

cashman · 04-04-2009, 09:32

funnily enough was talking to me best mate in accy yesterday, he has one of these, was surprised to see they are "Road Taxed" if that is the case, its nuts they don't have any kind of test, another guy with one joined us, when he left,we were both laughing at his terrible driving.

jimmi5bellies · 04-04-2009, 09:55

What about the old man that took his on a motorway or a by-pass a few weeks ago, vehicles were over taking him at 70 MPH. says he took the wrong exit road by mistake after coming out of a supermarket. Luckily for him a local builder stopped and put his scooter on the back of his truck.

I think they are a great means of transport for the disabled / elderly when driven in the correct, safe manner.

accyman · 04-04-2009, 11:09

they shoud bring back those blue 3 wheeled charriot things because no matter how bad a driver you couldnt go fast enough to cause any harm to anyone

cashman · 04-04-2009, 11:11

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Originally Posted by accyman

they shoud bring back those blue 3 wheeled charriot things becaue no matter how bad a driver you couldnt go fast enoiugh to cause any harm to anyone

yeh but if ya went on the pavement with a "Reliant Robin" accyman ya would get done.

accyman · 04-04-2009, 11:13

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Originally Posted by cashman

yeh but if ya went on the pavement with a "Reliant Robin" accyman ya would get done.

these were about half teh size of a robin reliant but im sure there was an even smaller one with a plastic hood but i cant find a pic of one, unless it was teh convertable range lol

iv googled what we used to call them as kids but no luck

i am spelling "spaz charriot" correctly arnt i ?

katex · 04-04-2009, 11:13

Telll you what there was a Reliant Robin on the M61 last week, in very high winds ... he was bombing along at least 70 m.p.h without waiver ..... was full of admiration, 'cause they are really strange to control.

accyman · 04-04-2009, 11:19

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Originally Posted by katex

Telll you what there was a Reliant Robin on the M61 last week, in very high winds ... he was bombing along at least 70 m.p.h without waiver ..... was full of admiration, 'cause they are really strange to control.

my brothers dad used to have one and i missed out on many trips to blackpool as i wouldnt be seen dead in it lol

also it was scary to be in one as all teh holes in the road for some reason are located in teh middle of teh road which the front center wheel always hit and it felt liek you were going to flip over lol

cashman · 04-04-2009, 11:25

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Originally Posted by katex

Telll you what there was a Reliant Robin on the M61 last week, in very high winds ... he was bombing along at least 70 m.p.h without waiver ..... was full of admiration, 'cause they are really strange to control.

so ya admire the "Plastic Rocket" say no more.

katex · 04-04-2009, 11:35

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Originally Posted by cashman

so ya admire the "Plastic Rocket" say no more.

No .... just the driver, for having the guts to go out on the roads with it ...

Perhaps you are getting confused with the bubble car Accyman, did have sort of convertibles. Was once taken to Blackpool in one myself, broke down on the way back, not impressed .. that brought the end to one relationship.

bubble car.jpg bubble car 1.jpg

mallard · 04-04-2009, 11:52

hey,i dont find that funny at all ,some of you have a car ,but some of us only have this sort of transport to get a bout on like my self.

cashman · 04-04-2009, 11:56

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Originally Posted by mallard

hey,i dont find that funny at all ,some of you have a car ,but some of us only have this sort of transport to get a bout on like my self.

well get yerself a sense of humour, me mate had one fer years n took the mick himself, jasper carrot took the mick out of skoda owners fer years, its called HUMOUR.