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The mobility scooter plague

We must fight back now, while some people in Britain still remember how to walk

11 April 2015

9:00 AM

11 April 2015

9:00 AM

How many of the people driving mobility scooters these days actually need a mobility scooter? The invention of the vehicle was a great move forward (literally) for those who genuinely needed it: the disabled and the infirm. But then another group of users appeared. Rather slowly, admittedly, and wheezing as they did so, before settling their vast backsides into the soothing embrace of the scooter’s seat.

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