Mobility Scooters

The day before christmas eve, my mum, who’s 94 was the victim of a hit and run by one of these dreadful machines…………I know I know, it probably makes people smile to think a hit and run by a mobility scooter, what harm can they do……..well i’ll tell you….

On christmas day she had surgery to have a hip replacement, due to a broken one, a fractured knee repaired and a broken ankle repaired…..Not to mention several cuts and bruises to her face, back etc etc., Ok, you might say at 94, she’d be frail anyway,,,,,,,far from it,,,,,she is, or was at least, a pretty fit and active 94 year old. She also has one of these mobility scooters herself, to make things a little easier for her, but then she doesn’t go out, get pissed, and drive it around recklessly.

The local paper have been in the hospital to see her and are going to run a story on it, the paper comes out on Wednesday, i’ll post a link once it’s out.

In the meantime, I intend to find this person, iv’e made several enquiries and it’s only a matter of time before I do. Iv’e been told though, by the police, that there’s nothing they can do, as these things are not covered by the road traffic act, something which iv’e found out in recent days that even the DVLA are trying to do something about, at the moment, they’re untouchable. I do tho, intend to take out a civil suit, when I find him, and I will find him. The police told me, from the description, that he sounds like the same person they stopped last year, riding it down the middle of a very busy road, not in very good control as he was drunk as a skunk!! he was breathalysed, arrested released on police bail, CPS decided it wouldn’t be in the public interest to pursue it!!!! Obviously they couldn’t give me any further details in case it’s not the same person, fair enough.

Anyone who feels that these things should be made to be held accountable for their actions, please, please, please sign below……………….thankyou x