From: roland@perry.uk 
  
 In message , at 13:00:07 on 
 Thu, 7 Aug 2025, Nick Odell  remarked: 
 >On Thu, 7 Aug 2025 12:38:33 +0100, Roland Perry  
 >wrote: 
 > 
 >>In message <1071tk8$3rajn$2@dont-email.me>, at 11:02:48 on Thu, 7 Aug 
 >>2025, Serena Blanchflower  remarked: 
 >> 
 >>>>> No, I'm pretty sure they're in the same category as class 2 mobility 
 >>>>>scooters, which are legal on pavements but not on the road.€ I think 
 >>>>>there is an exception though for where there aren't any pavements; in 
 >>>>>that case, they can, legally, be driven on the road. 
 >> 
 >>>>  In this case there was a pavement, but with not very good ramps when 
 >>>>encountering side-roads. 
 >>> 
 >>>Not a rare situation.  I don't know what the legal situation is on 
 >>>those occasions when, in theory, there's a pavement but it isn't really 
 >>>accessible.  Whether this is because of obstructions, uneven pavements 
 >>>or lack of dropped curbs. 
 >> 
 >>Although not the case in yesterday's example, I've often encountered 
 >>powered_chairs/scooters on the road going the wrong way up a one-way 
 >>street, with the excuse that the pavement wasn't level enough. 
 > 
 >Yes, but a wheelchair user is legally a pedestrian and where a 
 >pedestrian is unable to use a footpath they are advised by the Highway 
 >Code to walk facing the oncoming traffic. 
  
 Interesting. Is a *powered*-wheelchair user also always a pedestrian? 
 Does it depend on the maximum speed it's governed to. 
  
 In other news, yesterday I encountered a family of about six walking 
 along the tarmac on the side of the very busy A10 between Ely and 
 Cambridge, with their backs to the traffic. Staring at their phones, 
 obviously. 
 -- 
 Roland Perry 
  
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