As one who has had to use one for several years, I must say I cannot understand why models able to achieve between six and eight miles per hour are necessary at all.

Four miles per hour is more than adequate for negotiating pavements.

They are not intended for use on the roads, except for crossing.

One of the hazards I have encountered is that some pedestrians charge out of shop doorways without looking where they are going – or stop dead in their tracks.

Mobility scooters have no brakes, but they are designed to come to a halt immediately the driver's hand releases the control lever.

As there are bad cyclists who flout the law and those who obey it, and aggressive drivers who endanger the lives of others as well as their own, and those who are responsible, it would seem there are similar characters among those of us who use mobility scooters.

We must not fall into the trap of tarring everyone with the same brush because of one selfish person. Surely it behoves us all to have due consideration for other road and pavement users – including pedestrians.

Cyril E. Wood
Queen's Place
Shoreham

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