It seems that wherever you go lately, you are dodging mobility scooters. They are everywhere and the people on them are just so ignorant that it is unbelievable.
It seems that these days, anybody can get one. Let’s face it, with petrol prices, car tax an
d car insurance being so expensive is it any wonder that the numbers of these on the streets are increasing? You can get a top of the range scooter for around £2000, and you do not have to insure it, tax it, fill it with petrol, or spend a fortune maintaining it with MOT’s. They are not exactly going to set speed records but at 8 miles and hour, they can get you around quicker than walking. It also means that you don’t have to bother waiting for buses or taxis…just ride home! I can see why people are having these things, especially as a cheaper alternative transport than your own car or relying on public transport.However, the main reason for this entry is that just about anybody can get one of thes
e things and I find that wrong. There are no clear guidelines as to who can buy them, so all of the lazy gits out there are just buying one to save walking. I think it bad that these idiots are zooming around without a care in the world on them. They are called mobility scooters and were designed to give independence to people without mobility. A lot of the people that I see on these things are able bodied and can park up and walk whenever they need to.It also seems that as soon as you sit on one of these things you are king or queen of the road and nobody can get in your way. Manners seem to go out of the window when driving one of these. I do not have a problem with people who genuinely have mobility problems being on one of these. It is just a shame that the idle have cottoned on to this cheaper method of transport and are spoiling it for the genuine users. It is this idiot behaviour and bad manners that is getting mobility scooters a bad name.
Not only this but it is also getting hard to get in any shops or near any shop displays as there are scooters everywhere! I am hoping for tougher Laws on who these can be sold to some time soon!!!!!!! Get these lazy idiots off our streets!!!
Has anybody else noticed the rising amount of scooters on the streets?
I am including a link to a story that draws attention to the fact that these scooters are a nuisance and are causing injuries along the way
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/7224270.stm
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