Are mobility scooters and bicycles worse than Toyotas?
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From: Doug on 7 Apr 2010 02:50 Given all the excuses here made for Toyota faults and the deaths they have caused, everywhere else except the UK seemingly, and given that there is alleged by some to be an arbitrary threshold below which any ensuring deaths don't matter one jot and neither do the faults, what do you think should be done about this threat to life and limb from mobility scooters? Only one death and one injury so far? Oh hang on though, it has not been fully investigated yet here, much like the Toyota faults and their consequences. "Action urged by MPs on mobility scooters A toddler has been injured and one person killed Mobility scooter rules must be clarified and a fit-to-drive test considered, MPs have said, following accidents involving the vehicles. The House of Commons Transport Committee said better figures on the use of scooters needed to be collected..." More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8605916.stm -- UK Radical Campaigns www.zing.icom43.net A driving licence is a licence to kill.
From: Mrcheerful on 7 Apr 2010 04:07 Doug wrote: > Given all the excuses here made for Toyota faults and the deaths they > have caused, everywhere else except the UK seemingly, and given that > there is alleged by some to be an arbitrary threshold below which any > ensuring deaths don't matter one jot and neither do the faults, what > do you think should be done about this threat to life and limb from > mobility scooters? Only one death and one injury so far? Oh hang on > though, it has not been fully investigated yet here, much like the > Toyota faults and their consequences. > > "Action urged by MPs on mobility scooters > > A toddler has been injured and one person killed > > Mobility scooter rules must be clarified and a fit-to-drive test > considered, MPs have said, following accidents involving the vehicles. > > The House of Commons Transport Committee said better figures on the > use of scooters needed to be collected..." > > More: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8605916.stm the correlation of accidents with age needs to be looked at as well.
From: Mike P the 1st on 7 Apr 2010 05:15 On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 23:50:29 -0700 (PDT), Doug <jagmad(a)riseup.net> gently dipped his quill in the best Quink that money could buy: >Given all the excuses here made for Toyota faults and the deaths they >have caused, everywhere else except the UK seemingly, and given that >there is alleged by some to be an arbitrary threshold below which any >ensuring deaths don't matter one jot and neither do the faults, what >do you think should be done about this threat to life and limb from >mobility scooters? Only one death and one injury so far? Oh hang on >though, it has not been fully investigated yet here, much like the >Toyota faults and their consequences. > >"Action urged by MPs on mobility scooters > >A toddler has been injured and one person killed > >Mobility scooter rules must be clarified and a fit-to-drive test >considered, MPs have said, following accidents involving the vehicles. > >The House of Commons Transport Committee said better figures on the >use of scooters needed to be collected..." > >More: >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8605916.stm I have personally uprighted a mobility scooter with the person still on it. It took two of us. The incident was in a public park. I have seen an aged lady just manage to get around a downhill corner almost on two wheels. If anyone had been in her chosen path, there would definitly have been an injury to both. There is a large aggressive man on a large fast scooter in my locality who makes everyone very uneasy as he charges along the pavements. Lastly ... a lady had a garden 6x8' shed which had been adapted by her family and had it placed outside her flat. They had put the door at the end. I saw her go up the ramp and into the shed, then reverse at full power taking the while end of the shed off. She was totally confused and was very lucky not to have slammed into the wall behind her. If I have seen these sort of incidents, then it must be happening a lot, all over the country. Mike P the 1st
From: Adrian on 7 Apr 2010 05:22 Mike P the 1st <MikePthe1st2(a)northofwherethecustardstops.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > There is a large aggressive man on a large fast scooter in my locality > who makes everyone very uneasy as he charges along the pavements. To be fair, if by "fast" you mean "more than 4mph", then that's already illegal.
From: Bod on 7 Apr 2010 05:26
On 07/04/2010 10:22, Adrian wrote: > Mike P the 1st<MikePthe1st2(a)northofwherethecustardstops.com> gurgled > happily, sounding much like they were saying: > >> There is a large aggressive man on a large fast scooter in my locality >> who makes everyone very uneasy as he charges along the pavements. > > To be fair, if by "fast" you mean "more than 4mph", then that's already > illegal. > > Ha! Will this lead to little yellow speed cameras on pavements? Every speeding offence and £3 per week comes off their pension for year. :) Bod |