TheQ Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Interesting it only mentions wheelchair users, not scooter users although there is the all encompassing "disabled" Oh I've seen the A149 scooter commuter too, I'd be terrified to use a scooter on there!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfurbank Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Which doesn't actually cover the carriage of electric scooters, so the CPT seems to be going beyond the basic requirements of the law. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bound2Please Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 2 hours ago, BroadScot said: Yes it is as far as I know a class 2. I bought mine online and saved over £500.00. Most of the mobility shops the prices are eyewatering. I tried several in those shops till I found what I wished to purchase, then bought online. Iain The start of the demise of mobility shops, I feel if many are like minded. Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfurbank Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 I don't know how it works online, but I know from our local shop that if you are registered disabled or have certain needs then many products can be purchased free of the dreaded VAT upon making a declaration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bound2Please Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 2 hours ago, Wildfuzz said: I regularly see an older gentleman on a scooter running along the A149 between Sutton and Stalham, there are many back roads that he could access but insists on using the Stalham By Pass. I can see why sometimes they are given a negative press, its like cars I guess some good drivers and a few who are "less" good. On an aside, when working in Clacton many years ago there was an elderly Nun who was living in a retirement home, she would fly along the lower prom with her habit trailing behind her in a bright red scooter, her walking stick held in front like a knights lance, She was known as "the Flying Nun" many times she was reported for poking pedestrians out of her path, she had a fair turn of speed to. Lol. I got knocked off the lower prom by one while fishing a fair few years ago. About 10ft drop luckily the tide had just fell from the wall bottom.. What I see is a lot of fat lazy people using these rather than walking. I AM DISABLED BEFORE ANY ONE STARTS SHOUTING AT ME. I CANT WALK MUCH FURTHER THAN 50 YARD DUE TO MY HEART. I HAVE OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE SPINE, HAVE JUST BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH OCPD HAVE PROSTRATE CANCER SCIATICA AND TROUBLESOME HIPS but i walk stop walk some more in agony I wont give in to my trouble I dont want sympathy what I would like to see is people vetted and only people in a genuine real need allowed to get/use one. Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranworthbreeze Posted October 26, 2016 Author Share Posted October 26, 2016 I would prefer that anyone gets out into the open air rather than staying indoors, if a scooter enables this (as long as the rider is in control of their machine) then I have no objection of them being used. Charlie I commend you for your Independence an endurance to remain active. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadScot Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 1 hour ago, kfurbank said: I don't know how it works online, but I know from our local shop that if you are registered disabled or have certain needs then many products can be purchased free of the dreaded VAT upon making a declaration. Yes I did get VAT relief, but one has to ask why so much dearer in the shop. My Psoriatic Arthritis is growing progressivly worse, my feet especialy. The scooter has been a godsend to me, as the next item will be a wheelchair otherwise. I am on full DLA but have to be reassessed for PIP.. Scooters are not a gimmick, they are an aid I use to walk round two golf courses often in a day, I miss walking along the beach, thankfully with my scooter I can do the beach path still. Iain 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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