Vehicles blocking pavements
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Not everyone has eyes in the back of their head. Also, a person may be wearing headphones or be hard of hearing.
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I think with such an attitude towards others, sooner or later you will find such an 'adventure', after which there will be no more adventures.
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This is a huge problem on our side of town.I'm not a wheelchair user,but I'm sick of having to walk in the road because of idiots who think it's okay to block the pavement with their vehicle.
I'm looking at a lorry on the pavement behind our house and it's been there since yesterday afternoon,I'd put money on it still being there on Monday morning.
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Take a photo and shame it on-line
or report it on www.fixmystreet.com
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I'm also sick to death of thoughtless drivers bad parking, causing me to break the law by going into the road to find another accessible dropped kerb. Like this **** on a very busy junction!!!
Three more pet hates, e-scooters that whizz towards & pass fast from behind, some three up, also young kids. 🤐 One young lady zoomed towards me, looking down at her phone, I stopped & shouted & eventually she realised & crashed to not hit me, a busy road beside us. 🤯 Food delivery electric bikes, that are very fast & don't give a damn about pedestrians or wheelchairs/disability scooters. 😡 Then there are the dumb idiots on their smart phones, eyes down expecting everyone to avoid them. I don't, I continue & stop just before they get to me. 😈 It would be okay if it was one or two, but it isn't. That goes for the other hates above.
As for big 6/8mph scooters, the pilots should be very wary of going full speed on pavements. My uncle's sister, very fit for her age, walked out of a shop & was immediately bowled over by an old bloke powering along the path. He didn't stop or shout out an apology. She died from he injuries. 🤬
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It amazes me that the government hasn't yet made mobility scooter manufacturers fit collision warning and automatic braking systems. The components for these currently cost 2p a bucket.
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I shall do this next time I walk home and see seven vehicles parked on a two hundred yard stretch of pavement.
It makes my blood boil.
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If you can walk at least a little, try riding a Lime e-scooter, for example.
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Sensible & thoughtful, @Ranald & really, to be expected from all users. I have a powerchair so 4mph, but I slow down & try & move away from entrances, just in case someone should appear.
As for e-scooters (saw your comment above), they really should not be on pavements at all, they are too fast & dangerous. Especially when they have more than one on them or shopping (I've been smacked in the shoulder from behind as one whizzed by with shopping bags on the handlebar 🤬) or on their phone.
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If you mean auto braking like those on supermarket scooters, it would be safer, as you'd never get anywhere, they are awful!
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Snap! That is what I would eventually like to get, but the price is eyewatering & the same as a small car. I often look for secondhand, but they are still out of reach, for now.
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Electric scooters are integrated into traffic all over the world. They are the best transport for individual trips up to five miles. In addition, they can go where a mobility scooter cannot.
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The danger is not in the electric scooters, but in those who behave dangerously on them - these are teenagers who were not taught to behave respectfully towards others. If you remember, they were in everyone's way at all times, using various inexpensive devices for individual movement - bmx, skateboards and so on.
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We have youngsters who ride their, frankly, dangerous scooters down our road at an estimated 60mph - its a 30 limit - they do it every evening at 6:30ish - so assume that they are going home from work….
I am so tempted to inform the local PSCO who can then jump out in front of them and get mown down !!
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Not just teenagers, parents with kids, one or two of them on with them, no helmets. Also, older that are cocky & just like some teens, on their phones, plus drunks! BMX & skateboards never had motors & weren't half as deadly than what is now used. Always had cyclists on pathways but not with the motors that take them 30/40+mph with no regard for any other path or road users. There is no comparison to what went before.
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I went shopping on Sunday and was almost run over by a nincompoop on one of those weird,unicycle type contraptions.
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E-Scooters are still limited to 20mph in most (if not all) US States on roads as well as pavements - I am surprised that there are not more casualties !
Mobility Scooters are allowed to drive at between 15 and 20mph (on pavements) depending on the state !
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The PLEVs in the photos above are limited to 15mph (US 20mph). Those kids doing 60mph were definitely breaking the law, as they are electric motorcycles and require a license. It's like driving a Tesla without a license. Again, PLEVs can't go faster than 20mph.
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That is, if your health allowed you to ride such an e-scooter, but did not allow you to walk more than a few feet without pain - you would ride one. This is my case. Personally, the police "do not see" me on the roads, maybe because I drive safely and I am known as a disciplined car driver for many years?
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What do these photos have in common? They are not using personal scooters, but rental scooters.
I'll note that on a regular road bike it's quite easy to ride at 30mph... (A bit scary though).
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