On 2005-09-09, John Hearns wrote:
On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 11:02:17 +0100, Dave wrote:

electric wheelchairs and the buggy type things that pensioners and
disabled people drive some of them like lunatics.

[snip]
And let's just think - are electric wheelchairs and buggies REALLY a
danger on the pavements? Or are you just listening too closely to the
sensationalist news reports?
And so what - some old dear clatters your ankle. Better that than a truck
hitting you when you cross the road.


Locally the electric wheelchair users are polite, courteous and
use the pavements and cross the roads with care. The OAP-wagons are
however a menace. There's a lot of weight to them & if in one of their
random veerings they were to run into something expensive of yours
(such as your parked car) they'd be causing some very expensive damage.

I'm sure if people were to kick your ankles as you went about
your buisiness you'd take a very dim view of it- failure to courteuosly
and competantly handle powered vehicles on the pavement is a bad thing
too.

--
Tim.