MP’s call for fit-to-drive test after mobility scooter accidents
The House of Commons Transport Committee has called for more research to be conducted into the use of mobility scooters in the UK and the types of accidents they are involved in after a number of MPs suggested that a fitness-to-drive test should be introduced.  With over 300,000 people using mobility scooters in the UK alone, the government has admitted it… read more

Concern over injuries to pedestrians caused by mobility scooters
The debate over the risks posed by mobility scooters seems to have heated up this week.  Several newspapers and news websites have been carrying stories with headlines such as “A Mobility Scooter Menace?”  Many of these stories draw attention to the unique legal position of mobility scooter users which means that they cannot be prosecuted for dangerous driving under the Road… read more

76-year old escapes prosecution in tragic accident case
A 76-year old mobility scooter driver has avoided being prosecuted over the death of a 90-year old woman he knocked down and seriously injured with his scooter after it emerged that mobility scooter users are exempt from laws covering careless or dangerous driving.

This particular accident happened in a town on the Isle of Wight.  As the 76-year old male drove… read more

Camps Solicitors have learned that the British government is conducting a review into regulations covering the use of mobility scooters in town centres after a spate of accidents in which pedestrians have been killed or seriously injured.The Commons’ Transport Committee has issued warnings that the increased use of the electric-powered scooters, which are legally defined as invalid carriages, will lead to a corresponding increase in the number of accidents that… read more