On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 11:42:24 +0100, John Hearns wrote:

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?

Not of theselves, but some are driven in such a way as to be a menace.

There is one such in the town where I live - their standard method of
stopping seems to be to drive into street furniture (at least, I've
seen that occur several times, and the driver seemed to regard it as
normal), and they apparently have no qualms about driving into people
if they want to be the other side of somneone.

And so what - some old dear clatters your ankle. Better that than a truck
hitting you when you cross the road.

That's irrelevant. I have been hit by an electric buggy. It bloody
hurt and gouged a lump of flesh from my ankle. That it was better
than being hit by an HGV is irrelevant - it was worse than not being
hit by anything. Further, there are relatively few HGVs in the aisles
of my local Sainsbury.

regards, Ian SMith
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