electric wheelchairs

[MargaretR]

Do the drivers of electric wheelchairs get any driving instruction or test?
Sky News - Disabled Buggy Driver On Drink-Drive Charge
Sky News - Woman Crashes Mobility Scooter Through Train
These are just 2 recent incidents.

I have deformed toes and my foot was run over by a mobile wheelchair user in Argos!!! - that raises another question - do they have 3rd party insurance?

[jimmi5bellies]

You shouldnt laugh should you.

Im not laughing .......


.........honest !

[Margaret Pilkington]

I would never trust my Ma with one of those....for a kick off she doesn't know her right from her left!.......And anyway i can't see her cruising down Riley's hill in one of those things.

[jimmi5bellies]

Who remembers that advert a few years ago, the lady on the electric shopper who bumped into the stack of cans ?

Seriously its the ones who insist on driving their mobility scooters in the middle of the road at 4mph are the ones who are dangerous. We have a few of them around here.

[magpie]

I am sure they would rather not be in a wheel chair... full stop:

No people in chairs do not have to take a test ( but hey I am sure the powers that be could bring one into place)

and maybe even put a little bit of tax on them....

and no you don't have to have insurance... again another way to make money by insisting that they do:

Its flipping hard work trying to get around the shops if you can't walk and need to use a chair... the shops don't make it easy with display stands all over the place:

Also it is much easier for people to move out of the way.... rather than the person in the chair go round you:

Maybe people that can walk .... should take a test and have insurance:..

[jimmi5bellies]

My friend had one, hes had a top speed off 8mph. He had to get insurance on his for public liability just incase he ran somebody over in his.
Have you felt the weight of the big ones, they weigh a ton and would easily break somebodys leg if they ran into you.

[MargaretR]

Originally Posted by magpie

Also it is much easier for people to move out of the way.... rather than the person in the chair go round you:

I was standing still looking at the catalogue on the desk - she just reversed over me and didnt even say sorry!

It is much easier for people with disabilities to meet their shopping needs via the internet. I do most of the time. It is good that they do not need to be housebound but some concern should be given to who is and is not capable of using them SAFELY

[jimmi5bellies]

Not to mention that there are a lot of disabled people who still use their own two feet that cant get out of the way quick enough.

[***Mr D***]

Originally Posted by [email protected]

do they have 3rd party insurance?

They can obtain Insurance, and its not that dear really.

Originally Posted by magpie

and no you don't have to have insurance... again another way to make money by insisting that they do:

Maybe people that can walk .... should take a test and have insurance:..

Its not about making money is about covering Third Party Injury or Damage.

People who walk, are insured if they have contents Insurance. (see a Household Contents Policy)

[magpie]

The same can be said about people that use shopping trollies... and prams not to mention double buggies.... oh and walking sticks...

the shops could make life easy by not blocking the way too many shops to name, do this and its really hard work:

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by magpie

I am sure they would rather not be in a wheel chair... full stop:

No people in chairs do not have to take a test ( but hey I am sure the powers that be could bring one into place)

and maybe even put a little bit of tax on them....

and no you don't have to have insurance... again another way to make money by insisting that they do:

Its flipping hard work trying to get around the shops if you can't walk and need to use a chair... the shops don't make it easy with display stands all over the place:

Also it is much easier for people to move out of the way.... rather than the person in the chair go round you:

Maybe people that can walk .... should take a test and have insurance:..

That is SO true.

[***Mr D***]

Originally Posted by magpie

The same can be said about people that use shopping trollies... and prams not to mention double buggies.... oh and walking sticks...

Not really, all the above would cause no where near the amount of damage a electric wheel chair would.

Plus you dont see many people with trollies making you walk in the road as they think they have the right of way. and Prams they are controlled by a Third Party and are much more manouvarable. (SP)

[Neil]

Originally Posted by magpie

and no you don't have to have insurance... again another way to make money by insisting that they do:

If I buy an electric car can I drive around on the footpath with no licence and no insurance then?

Originally Posted by jimmi5bellies

You shouldnt laugh should you.

Im not laughing .......


.........honest !

With your recent driving mishap I don't think you can laugh at anyone else.

[jimmi5bellies]

Originally Posted by Neil

If I buy an electric car can I drive around on the footpath with no licence and no insurance then?



With your recent driving mishap I don't think you can laugh at anyone else.

Its called humour Neil. And if you read the links, non was severly hurt. Also like to add that i have been the butt of many a joke about my accident and i take it on the chin as its meant to be.

[WillowTheWhisp]

A friend of ours had an electric wheelchair, she ran over my daughter's foot - who said a rather loud "Ouch!" - then she promptly reversed and ran over it again! Daughter couldn't have got out of the way as there wasn't much manouevering room in the corridor where they were. Nothing broken though.