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Much the same problem with us CeeCee. We are a couple with me as the carer. I can go out onto the road and be hopefully visible to motorists before my wife uses the nearest dropped kerbs to get down onto the road and back up again. If someone has parked across a dropped kerb then the distance travelled on the road is longer.

I quite often go knocking on doors and most people will come out and move a vehicle quite apologetically and amiably. This can sometimes take quite time though and very often, we just want to keep moving. Going out onto the road does mean we can keep moving it but carries risks of course.

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I don't think mobility scooters should be permitted to be driven on pavements, that is dangerous for pedestrians, imo.

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My street is so quiet, I have never yet met anyone walking on the pavement. When I am out elsewhere on my scooter, I move right over to allow pedestrians and mothers with pushchairs to pass, before continuing. It is all about good manners and consideration for others imo.

Perhaps you would rather ban us from ever going out altogether?

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The rules of the road should apply to mobility scooters like any other vehicle, imo.

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Good point. When we were looking at buying a new car, the provision of a spare wheel was an important factor. The VW we were looking at came with a spare wheel; the Mazda we were looking at had only one of those cheap options you mention. Although it wasn't the only reason for our choice, it helped tip the balance.

That has to be the answer: a compromise. No-one is going to widen the roads. Damn it, they won't even mend the potholes. In fairness to them though, our councils have other priorities: their leaders' generous salaries and pensions, for example.

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Don't worry CeeCee, as a mobility scooter user, you will know that the people you come across outside are not like the people who express negative opinions on forums. I suppose it is possible you might meet an uncompromising person but have you?

Our life has meant a series of mobility scooters and power wheelchairs for nearly 25 years and I have to say we can count on one hand the number of grumpy people we have come across.

Easy for the odd person to be negative I suppose but then they are usually still able to get around without a scooter/wheelchair. They'd probably have a change of heart if they couldn't.

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Living alone, as I do, how do you suggest I get my shopping done? I cant afford to pay online delivery costs on fifteen pounds worth of food (my weekly spend)?

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What has that go to do with anything? If you ride a mobility scooter you should have to observe the rules of the road. I have seen so many near accidents over the years when people riding the things have nearly run over pedestrians, including children. We lived in Eastbourne, right next to the prom for nine ghastly months, in 2005, where the elderly riding their mobility scooters made the prom very unsafe indeed.

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I agree, and I don’t think they should be used in shopping malls. I’ve often had to avoid them or be run over, they travel so fast.

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Caring about safety does not make one negative.