From: max_demian@bigfoot.com 
  
 On 08/08/2025 12:53, Nick Finnigan wrote: 
 > On 08/08/2025 11:35, Jethro_uk wrote: 
 >> On Thu, 07 Aug 2025 20:37:27 +0000, Roger Hayter wrote: 
 >> 
 >>> 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. This offence must be found somewhere. 
 >> 
 >> Is it ? 
 > 
 >  €€On a road without approval registration etc. 
 > 
 >> Who determines "disabled" then ? (A protected characteristic, I note). 
 >> 
 > 
 > "The conditions in accordance with which an invalid carriage must be 
 > used, in order that the modifications of the statutory provisions 
 > mentioned in subsection (1) of section 20 of the 1970 Act shall have 
 > effect in the case of the invalid carriage (being modifications of 
 > certain statutory provisions which relate to the use of vehicles on 
 > footways and roads) shall be€€€ 
 > 
 > (a)in the case of Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 invalid carriages that 
 > the invalid carriage must be used€€€ 
 > 
 > (i)by a person falling within a class of persons for whose use it was 
 > constructed or adapted, being a person suffering from some physical 
 > defect or physical disability;" 
 > 
 > https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2268/regulation/4 
  
 So it doesn't include people who are just fat and/or lazy? Or does it?  
  
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