News
Police rush to rescue pensioner driving mobility scooter on motorway
Posted by editor on Apr 23, 2009 - 02:30 PM
Filed under: Emergency services, News
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A
pensioner driving a mobility scooter, which has a top speed of just
8mph, was rescued by police after worried drivers raised the alarm
after spotting the vehicle travelling on the hard shoulder of a
motorway.
Police rushed to the scene on Tuesday afternoon (21
April) near to junction 11a of the M20 near Folkestone and found
an 89-year-old pensioner who had mistakenly ended up on the busy
motorway. |
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Comments
Should we ban these vehicles from the roads? There doesn't appear to be any kind of licence required to drive one and I am frankly fearful for those driving them. Their top speed of about 8mph is hardly fast enough to use on roads, but equally dangerous if you happen to be confronted with one of them on the footpath. I'd like to know how the law stands. I'm sure if it were a younger person driving one, there would be far less tolerance from the authorities.
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