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Amnesia10

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Action urged by MPs on mobility scooters

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8605916.stm

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	Quote: More than 300,000 people are thought to use mobility scooters in the UK. They can travel at up to 8mph (12.8km/h) and weigh up to 150kg. But there is no compulsory assessment to see if someone is fit to drive one.

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Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:29 am

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Re: Action urged by MPs on mobility scooters

150kg at 8mph is bad enough if you happen to be a pedestrian hit by one, yet alone when the 'driver' in a lot of cases would appear to weigh the same again.

As is usual these scooters have only become a problem because of the minority who don't use them with respect to others.

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