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true what say about mobility scooters.where i am at present i only seen one.in Lt see so many young able bodied men and i sure they do not need them.it the bad maners they have pushing you out of the way gets me..the scooters are to give people freedom quality of life so what is considered good manners on legs should aply to wheels....good chippy john is called'our plaice 'in pakefield.hope your wife is in good spirits after break here same for you
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Yes Snowdrop
I do agree. A lot of supposed mobility users are very rude and arrogant on scooters. I have a two speed one and am taxed and insured for road use also have had a test to see if I am a capable driver.
See me on mine on Veterans day last year
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Thanks Meg.
How are you doing with the weather in your neck of the woods
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Thanks for asking John.It will get to 98F today with high humidity.I suffer from Hyperhidrosis so this is the worst time of year for me!
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Is Eva doing OK John ? I think Benidorm outdoes Lowestoft they have tamdem scooters there for husbands and wives goodness help us if they get here There are a few Harley Davidson of the scooter world around Lowestoft I m sure they are getting bigger and bigger
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Hi Funkychick
Yes she is alright but not as well as she could be. She had a fall in Barwood ward on Saturday night and broke her femur again. another trip to JP a phone call to me at 03:45 to tell me. JP surgeons have decided that no intervention will be done and she is back in Barwood ward on 6 weeks in bed. She will hate that. She is always trying to get out and home. By the way do you know her
Do you mean one of these. They are available in Benidorm for 3000 euro's. That is £2678 at todays rate.I would love one. But it would be long drive home
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yes thats the one John
Yes I know Eva I know she would hate any kind of bed rest that wouldnt suit at all Hope she continues to improvs
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I don't know if we are the Mobility Scooter capital of the UK but I know of another one that has hit the streets of Lowestoft as my Mother-In-Law has just purchased one...heaven help us all 
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Mobility scooters were originally designed for the disabled, and rightly so. It gives a degree of freedom to those less fortunate than we who are in good health. However, because there are no laws restricting their use, every lazy and indolent so and so is now using them instead of their legs.
One day in ASDA a woman arrived on a huge scooter, parked in the foyer and hopped off. She walked briskly to collect a trolley and walked around the shop collecting a barrow load. She then returned to the scooter and loaded up a large basket on board, got on and drove off.
Yes, I was waiting for someone so was able to witness this.
No doubt someone will say I could not know what her disability was. True.
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Just to be a devils advocate....
My father has multiple sclerosis, and uses both mibility scooters and wheelchairs. It has progressed to the point where his walking is very bad, but at the start of the diagnosis, his walking generally was quite good. It was only when he had relapses or episodes that he couldnt walk or even stand up straight. Seeing him on a good day, you would have thought he was fit and healthy. On a bad day, he cannot even move his legs to get out of bed. Just to make things better, the DWP is trying to say that he should not get disability benefit as his disability is not active 100% of the time. Thankfully, his doctors are on his side.
Not everyone who 'looks' fit and healthy are able to do what they do all the time. The pain that they go through may well be hidden on the inside.
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, ...every lazy and indolent so and so is now using them instead of their legs.
Unlike all those hard working fit people who drove their cars there! 
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I have said this before, I know a number of people (know) who arent disabled but use them as a cheap form of transport I know one family mother son and step father, they each have one to go out and about on. I also know a lady who does a manual job who goes to and from work on a mobility scooter
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that the point of them scooters dave for people like your dad...do that family live in kirly i seen a couple doing stunts.i think they get mobility allowence for them.if folk dont do more walking then we b reserecting cardiologist again.
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that makes it worse then.more than one family like it.why would any1 want make themselves act disabled when not.this make it so bad for genuine people because people will loose patince with all mob scooters.one ran over me foot in tesco i not happy.the tesco till lady said happens every day often nasty accidents never do they offer apology it our fault cos not quick get out of way
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In Cromer and Sheringham where most are very retired (or tourists), you rarely, if ever see them. The words lazy and/or overweight spring to mind when you mention mobility scooters in Lowestoft. Not sure why?..
(p.s. v.old nice people in LT are exempt from this comment)
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i must have last rant about mobility scooters.i was on my way back from the gym on my my bike and it was first time in two years i have had flat out ride or that was my intention...i am riding out of car park the right way when old biddy at oblique angle not looking where she going goes straight into me send me flying no apology not even stop. i walk bike to road or rounderabout near liddles get on it start riding when see stupid cow is going wrong way around that rounderabout,poor learner driver had do emergancy stop i nearly went flying again and a couple of drivers nearly came to sticky end,and still the stupid cow is going around totally oblivious to her stupidity.the driving instructor got out of his car and walked her off the rounderbout...a test of people stupidity level before allowed on the road in them things
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You need to go to Holland Snowdrop. We were there for the weekend and there were thousands of bikes and only one mobility scooter.
And bikes have priotity.
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Good report there SD - can well imagine your frustration!
Interestingly, with these scooters:
“Under current legislation relating to powered wheelchairs and mobility scooters, you are not required to take out insurance cover for your mobility vehicle. However, research commissioned by the Department Of Transport to review the safety and legislation involving Class 2 and Class 3 powered wheelchairs and mobility scooters (for definitions see below) has recommended that third party insurance cover should be compulsory for all users.” Link to full report.
I found this news article from April 2010:
“Pensioner to sell home to pay scooter accident costs
A disabled pensioner claims she and her family are on the verge of losing their home following an accident involving a mobility scooter at a supermarket.
Gloria Brown, 61, from Rhyl, Denbighshire, said a scooter collided with hers, injuring a staff member at the town's Morrisons store in 2005.
A county court hearing later found her liable and she was ordered to pay costs and compensation of more than £16,000.” Link to full article.
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Hmmm an insurance company recommending compulsory insurance. No conflict of interest there!
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Read the news article, and frankjly dont believe a word that woman has said. The County Court is not allowed to make people pay other parties costs unless (a) their actions in court have been extremely wrong, or (b) it was not in the small claims track.
From my own experience in these courts, judges would also not rule straight away regarding payment terms - this is instead dealt with at a later hearing, and almost definitely she would have been allowed to pay at a monthly level. Instead, I wonder whether she refused at court to pay anything monthly, and I wonder whether she may have been abusive in the initial court hearing. Certainly, I know for sure that although she could not get legal representation in court itself, she would definitely have been able to get legal advice free of charge before the hearing. She would also have been able to have had help from the Citizens Advice Bureau; somebody would have helped her in court - known as being a McKenzie Friend.
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Maybe mobility scooter are the new cyclists?
They need to have tax, insurance and licences, never mind how little harm they cause. After all, if they were not poor they would be driving cars, wouldn't they? 
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You need to go to Holland Snowdrop. We were there for the weekend and there were thousands of bikes and only one mobility scooter.
Holland is the only place I've been where cyclists use umbrellas whilst riding.
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Ive been doing that for years. Mind you, last week I almost got blown into the sea when the wind caught me on the promenade!
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Some years ago now my father[ who is no longer with us]decided he wanted a disability scooter.As my Dad had dementia and severe glucomo the family said no way but unbeknown to us Mum and Dad got a salesman round.On our next visit it was standing in the back yard.In his younger years my Dad was a very intelligent man and a very experienced driver but in his eighties he just wasnt capable of driving any thing.As they lived right next to the broads we were terrified he would forget where the brake was and end up in the water.My point is he was sold the scooter with no input from the family no test run ,no medical conditions taken into consideration, no insurance the list goes on.Needless to say we had to stop him using it.I had a row with the salesman but he insisted he was not at fault.I do think the regulations should be tightened up and all medical problems looked into.
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Ive been doing that for years. Mind you, last week I almost got blown into the sea when the wind caught me on the promenade!
Dont mean to be rude Cyber but is there anything you havent done -first
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morty there are cannals in holland if i been in holland and some old biddy had done that to me there then she find out if mobility scooters float....there plenty bikes in london now saw this thing they got going up there put money in metre and get bike for the day,i think thats the idea...the old biddy who sent me flying was inches away of causing pile up.At least the learner driver learnt how to do emergancy stop be it the hard way on a rounderbout.
did you enjoy holland,westside of amsterdam coffee shops the same country that makes edam cheese and grows tulips admire country with diversty
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Apparently, this is one of the newer models of Mobility Scooters!
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