From: roland@perry.uk
In message <9904727111.3fc1123e@uninhabited.net>, at 20:37:27 on Thu, 7
Aug 2025, Roger Hayter remarked:
>> Class 2 and 3 invalid carriages are motor vehicles. That's why they're
>> subject to C&U when used on the carriageway. But they're also one of the
>> categories of motor vehicle whch is explicitly permitted by legislation to
>> use a footway or cycleway.
>>
>> Mark
>
>Glad to be corrected! So powered wheel chairs are motor vehicles. Do you
know
>where offences for misusing them are found? I also note that using a
mobility
>scooter when you are not disabled is (with exceptions) also illegal.
I've seen strapping young lads using them as in effect a powered trolley
when delivering leaflets door to door.
>This offence must be found somewhere.
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Roland Perry
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