Thursday 30 September 2010

Cue The Cries Of ‘Something Must Be Done!’…

A pensioner has been filmed carrying a carpet on his mobility scooter.

His load managed to take up the width of one lane, with one van pulling onto the highway having to slow down to ensure that he did not hit the protruding carpet roll.
Oh, noes! An unsafe load! That's never been seen before, ever, has it?

And as an aficionado of TV reality cop shows, I've lost count of the number of idiots on bikes or motorbikes stopped carrying planks of wood. And cars, driving home from B&Q with a timber load sticking out of the side window at perfect decapitation height...

The hard copy edition of this story contained a last paragraph to the effect that this would renew calls for a crackdown on people's ability to use these without passing a test. Something that will ensure Richard Boyd never goes hungry but will do absolutely nothing to stop this sort of thing happening.

After all, lorry/car/motorcycle drivers already have licenses, don't they?

Missing from the hard copy edition, but included in this online edition, was this paragraph:
A police spokesman told the Sun that this kind of scene might be common in places like India and Africa but 'it is not welcome on the streets of Somerset'.
Ooooooh! Someone's going to be reporting to the Diversity Police for that one!

7 comments:

Welshblogger said...

I would prefer they did something about the driver of the car who was filming whilst driving!

Captain Haddock said...

Welshblogger said...

"I would prefer they did something about the driver of the car who was filming whilst driving"!..

I stand to be corrected but in the version I read, the video was apparently taken by the front seat passenger ..

Smoking Hot said...

lf the driver of said scooter had a licence, would that have stopped him doing what he did? Answer is of course no.

And if the righteous did bring regulations for a licence re mobility scooters they'd hit a problem of little kids battery operated cars and bikes.

A tech description of a mobility scooter is exactly the same as these kids toy cars/bikes. Would the kids have to get a licence too?

http://www.psychologytoday.com/files/u114/FIS1023_l.jpg

Smoking Hot said...

Not forgetting the battery assissted bicycles too.

http://retrothing.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/diavelofancyclebike_1.jpg

Jiks said...

"And as an aficionado of TV reality cop shows..."

Oh Julia, how could you!?

Brian, follower of Deornoth said...

Clearly legislation is needed. I'd suggest a maximum limit for the width of carpets.

JuliaM said...

"And if the righteous did bring regulations for a licence re mobility scooters they'd hit a problem of little kids battery operated cars and bikes."

No, that wouldn't be a problem at all. It'd be an opportunity...

"Oh Julia, how could you!?"

I love them! Always good to see what they have to deal with...

"Clearly legislation is needed. I'd suggest a maximum limit for the width of carpets."

Heh!