I don't disagree. It is just that most people don't have a qualifying disability and the able-bodied can't use them just because they don't fancy walking.
They go at walking pace or, in the case of a Class 3 on the road, at the speed of an infantry support tank, designed to accompany fit young soliders in an advance.
There are cross-country mobility scooters with big fat wheels, but also a big fat price.
Hmm. I doubt my bank account would like that.
I've seen at least one, online and in the papers, with tracks.
Some who are no longer allowed to drive a car for whatever reason might.
I found three in a quick search, including one that is a tracked carrier for an ordinary wheelchair. All made in America and all too heavy to use on UK roads, so you would need another for road use. No prices given either.
When I looked into them for my late partner, I thought there were certainly better ways to spend several thousand pounds.
For as often as I'd need one like that, it might be cheaper to hire a sedan chair.
I was half expecting HM The Queen to dig one of those out of the Royal Mews for public appearances.
Should have looked at used machines then.
Kobota, he's in farming country :-)
Sisters late husband managed to fall off the edge of a kerb coming back from the pub, and landed side-on in the road without clobbering the side of his head, which is a really bad place for an impact. He was a fat sod though, so plenty of padding. Luckily his drinking mates saw it happen and put him in a taxi instead.
It's only a couple of years old, but I don't know what she will do with it. It's over the bridge near Cardiff.
Every time you get your car repaired you are paying up to 100% markup on parts.
And presumably deep discharge ones, like battery lawn mowers. Normal lead acid batteries don't like being run flat.
I don't think she would have appreciated having a dead person's wheels.
Yup, deep discharge ones also hate deep discharge.
It's one of the things the mobility industry don't like mentioned. Also, in my time I've camped in two converted ambulances. I never used to think about ghosts.
Bill
'Up to'.
Bill
They certainly don't like being left deeply discharged for a long time.
Bill
That might depend upon whether it is the new sales or the second hand sales sector :-)
That might depend upon how old they were. For quite a long time now, it has been normal practice to ensure that the patient is stable enough to survive the trip before taking them off in an ambulance.
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