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Mobility Scooter Sighting 11 - Highlands Car Park, Scotland
This rider has broken car park etiquette and taken a full space, but has he Paid and Displayed for the pleasure? Most riders use a corner space or pavement. But I do admire this riders thoughtfulness of leaving his vehicle in the carpark while he does his shopping without clogging up the towns pavements, I wonder how far he commuted on his Mobility Scooter to get here, he's obviously from out of town as he's parked in the car park and not on his driveway, the only problem with a Mobility Scooter being parked deep in a bay is that a lot of motorists would swing into the bay at speed thinking that it was free only for them to get disappointed at the last moment when setting sight upon the parked Mobility Scooter. Perhaps car parks in town centres could divide up a bay into smaller segments for Mobility Scooters, and charge them to park at a fraction of the cost of a car.
MOBILITY SCOOTERS PROVIDE GENERAL TRANSPORT SOLUTION OF THE FUTURE
As Mobility Scooter technology develops and battery life becomes less of an issue (range anxiety) enabling Mobility Scooters to travel at say up to 30mph, then Mobility Scooter Transportation can become a real travel option for a much wider segment of the general populace. So imagine 80% of short journeys being made Mobility Scooters, then towns could divide their car lanes into three and reduce congestion. So a country lane in effect becomes a six lane dual carriageway, and an eight lane motorway becomes a 28 lane motorway (you could get four lanes in both hard shoulders and still keep a hard shoulder) probably reducing congestion to zero on Europes busiest Motorways - the M25 and M6.
And what you ask of the cars and lorries on our roads? Make them nocturnal? and poor BP and Shell? - put 'em out of business? Sorry, but if we are going to deal with a realistic problem then we do have to be radical.
As for range anxiety - the mobility scooter is light enough to be able to pedal when the battery runs out - if pedals and chain were fitted!
Have you snapped a mobility scooter? All submissions will be greatly appreciated.
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Mobility Scooter Sighting 11 - Highlands Car Park, Scotland
This rider has broken car park etiquette and taken a full space, but has he Paid and Displayed for the pleasure? Most riders use a corner space or pavement. But I do admire this riders thoughtfulness of leaving his vehicle in the carpark while he does his shopping without clogging up the towns pavements, I wonder how far he commuted on his Mobility Scooter to get here, he's obviously from out of town as he's parked in the car park and not on his driveway, the only problem with a Mobility Scooter being parked deep in a bay is that a lot of motorists would swing into the bay at speed thinking that it was free only for them to get disappointed at the last moment when setting sight upon the parked Mobility Scooter. Perhaps car parks in town centres could divide up a bay into smaller segments for Mobility Scooters, and charge them to park at a fraction of the cost of a car.
MOBILITY SCOOTERS PROVIDE GENERAL TRANSPORT SOLUTION OF THE FUTURE
As Mobility Scooter technology develops and battery life becomes less of an issue (range anxiety) enabling Mobility Scooters to travel at say up to 30mph, then Mobility Scooter Transportation can become a real travel option for a much wider segment of the general populace. So imagine 80% of short journeys being made Mobility Scooters, then towns could divide their car lanes into three and reduce congestion. So a country lane in effect becomes a six lane dual carriageway, and an eight lane motorway becomes a 28 lane motorway (you could get four lanes in both hard shoulders and still keep a hard shoulder) probably reducing congestion to zero on Europes busiest Motorways - the M25 and M6.
And what you ask of the cars and lorries on our roads? Make them nocturnal? and poor BP and Shell? - put 'em out of business? Sorry, but if we are going to deal with a realistic problem then we do have to be radical.
As for range anxiety - the mobility scooter is light enough to be able to pedal when the battery runs out - if pedals and chain were fitted!
Have you snapped a mobility scooter? All submissions will be greatly appreciated.
Enjoyed this blog? Donate to Age...
www.ageuk.org.uk/get-involved/make-a-donation/
Enter our Mobility Scooter icon design competition...