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A 92-YEAR-OLD MAN was stopped by police in the United Kingdom yesterday for driving his mobility scooter on a busy motorway.
The man was stopped on the M74 near Motherwell, southwest of Glasgow. The six-lane road is the main highway between Glasgow and England.
“Police received reports of a man driving a mobility scooter on the M74,” a Police Scotland spokeswoman said.
Police attended and the 92-year-old man was taken home by officers.
Traffic on Britain’s motorways typically flows at the 112 kilometres per hour speed limit and they cannot be used by mobility scooters, agricultural vehicles, horses and cyclists among other slow movers.
Mobility scooters typically have a maximum speed of 12 kilometres per hour.
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Once you hit 90, you should be allowed to do what you want :)
The world would be a much better place full of 90 year olds with ASBO’s :)
Was he speeding?
@B9xiRspG: Good one.
I laughed at first but then felt bad, poor guy probably hadn’t a clue where he was and was lucky not to be killed.
His mental state is not mentioned. It’s just as likely that he didn’t know he wasn’t allowed on it
Long drive to Scotland on one of those.
He was already in Scotland, probably a Hibs fan visiting his mates over at Park Head.
That bit of motorway going into and out of Glasgow is frequently blocked solid. The guy on the scooter was probably passing everybody on the hard shoulder.
There was a Welsh rugby international, celebrating after a match, caught on a mobility scooter on the M4, completely ‘legless’ with drink.
That was supposed to be the last item on his bucket list..
Anyone see The Straight Story? Great film by David Lynch based on the true story of Alvin Boone Straight who travelled 240 miles on a 1966 John Deere riding lawn mower to visit his brother Henry in Blue River, Wisconsin, who had recently suffered a stroke. Wonderful film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2gg-bXAiMw
Sonner these scooters are licensed the better. The cause misery and agrivation to hundreds, even in the confines of an old folks home. Users of these should also have to be tested
@Kieran Jones: incapacitated people should not be allowed use them. Reserve them to fully capable people.
@tony. I love sarcasm tony! I never said they shouldn’t use them. Just make sure they’re licensed and tested. I suffered a broken ankle because of one of them. No insurance to compensate my injuries. Two months off work. Had to go through the courts and sue personally. He faught all the way and lost . I never even got an apology!
For a moment it sounded like a publicity stunt by the producers of ‘Still Game’
OJ Simpson is that you?
Just whizzin out the offie for a half bottle of buckie.
Thanks for the Slow slow comment. He could have gone a bit faster and avoid the summons.
He was going too slow
@Brendan Mason: Thanks Captain obvious.
Maybe his eyesight was bad and he saw 12 instead of 112!!!!!!!
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