From: nickodell49@yahoo.ca 
  
 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. 
  
 Nick 
  
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