Anyone else think this is disgusting?

[citizenB]

Good luck with your protest. This is absolutely disgraceful. x

[citizenB]

**blush** thank you Mrs Ryan.

 

Have you thought to lobby your local MP and contact the local tv network they usually follow up on public interest stories and this surely is one.

[citizenB]

Oh well done Mrs Ryan. Hope you hear something positive soon x

[citizenB]

Brilliant news.. Looking good

[citizenB]

Thanks CB

 

I hope so... were just going to keep chipping away at them till they crack... were going to think about a petition soon as well!

 

Excellent. I get the feeling they will be sorry they picked on your mum

[citizenB]

Hi CB

 

I get the feeling too... local MP is not amused with it.

 

And given the fact that the Govt are funding a 35 million modernisation of the system i get the feeling Nexus will soon be grovelling Im sure they do not want to hack off a Member of Parliament

 

 

[citizenB]

Done

[citizenB]

Just for information, this is about to be reverted to the way it was once again.

 

It was the first thing Gordon said he would do when he took the Prime Minister's position.

 

Then again, can we believe it?

 

Will he be there long enough to be able to follow it through?

 

:D Well it is hoped he wont be there for much longer .

[citizenB]

Oh dear, that doesnt sound good at all. I cant see how they can separate the two ?. If a wheelchair has caused an accident, then that should be viewed the same as the scooters. In any event this is preventing disabled people from being mobile. I hope you can find some other way of preventing the company from banning these.

[citizenB]

I have to agree with JonCris on this Mrs Ryan. Although I am pleased that your mum is going to be "allowed" out once a week.. She should be entitled to the freedom an able bodied person enjoys. Surely there must be something that can be done under the disability discrimination act ?

[citizenB]

Mrs Ryan, the mobility scooter issue was one of the topics on the Jeremy VIne show on the Radio earlier on.

 

There were some very good arguments for and against. Mostly for. Whether or not it will go any further I dont know.

 

One suggestion was quite good.. in that the users of these vehicles be given a test of some kind to ensure they are capable.

 

After all, just because you are able to drive a car doesnt mean that you can automatically drive a motorcycle.

[citizenB]

I am sorry JonCris, I didnt mean to imply that a mobility scooter was either a motor car or motorcycle. Neither would I want to see the disabled immobilised and house bound (especially as I am disabled and lack mobility myself). The scooters are a godsend to so many people.

 

I used the motorcar/motorcycle as an example. Car drivers only have provisional licence to ride a motorcycle. Someone who might never have driven anything at all before has the right to use a scooter without in some instances any instruction at all.

 

Just one of the comments on the Jeremy Vine show was regarding an elderly woman who hadnt quite got the hang of the accelerator and brake and was constantly accelerating when she should be braking. Now that to me is downright dangerous and perhaps at the very least the lady in question should have been given some instruction dont you think ?.

 

Another, was where a pedestrian was pinned up against a plate glass window where again the driver became confused and accelerated instead of braking.

 

I have personally seen a scooter overturn due to the rider having little or no control.

 

I repeat, I do not want to see the less mobile to be incarcerated in their homes.. I want them and every other road/pavement user to be safe.

 

If you look back over my previous posts you will see I have been a major supporter of Mrs Ryan's campaign.