The Captain Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Is it just me, or are those electric buggies neither road nor pavement legal? Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 I believe I already mentioned that. To be road legal they must have lights, indicators, number plates, road tax and insurance. It's illegal to ride just about any vehicle on the pavement (this includes bikes). So, essentially, the mobility scooter things are only legal for off-road use on private land with the permission of the owner. Link to post Share on other sites
Pablo Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 A guy who lives around the corner from me has a road legal one, though it hasn't so much got a headlight as a floodlight on the front. Damn thing's built like a Hummer. The council have recently lowered the kerb for him 'cos he had to get off his old one and try to lift it over the kerb (which couldn't have been easy - I gave him a hand if I saw him and it was pretty light, but still...), but with the beast he's got now he just gets it up to ramming speed and charges straight over the kerb like he's Colt Seavers. Link to post Share on other sites
amateurstuntman Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 When I was a security guard we got a memo around about a bloke in NI who was going into shops on one, loading it up with stuff then charging the guards down and screaming off at about 40mph. Apparently he was a bit of an electrics genius before he got into drugs then got ME. Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 A memo? What were you supposed to do? Deploy spike-strips across the door? Link to post Share on other sites
Punkypink Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 spikes? go the whole hog. Put in some hedgehogs like the ones on normandy beach Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Bit extreme, that. Plus they're not very portable. Link to post Share on other sites
The Captain Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Arrrrgh! Nearly ran me over today! Some old biddy driving along, I was waiting in line for the cashpoint and she looked at me and just carried on driving straight towards me. I was expecting her to swerve or at least make some attempt to not run me down so I stepped backwards and she just waltzed through on it, her *fruitcage* shopping basket knocking in to the guy in front of me. She didn't even apologise, or say thank you, or anything. Grrr. My beef isn't with the elderly. It's with those *fruitcage* deathmobiles they drive! Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 While I have sympathy with anyone who has lost - by whatever means - such mobility as to require the assistance of such a scooter, there are rules in place to govern such vehicles and they should be adhered to for the safety of all concerned. I don't imagine these things would fare well in a collision with a car, much less anything larger, yet I see them driving on the road - ON THE WRONG SIDE of the road, in some cases - at some significant risk to themselves. And who would be blamed? Why the motorist, of course.... Link to post Share on other sites
Punkypink Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 at beltring at 5am, 3 lunatic kids on a golf buggy tried running me and a 2 other guys over... twice! they actually u-turned and came back for a second attempt! Link to post Share on other sites
M4_boi Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 I seem to have the same problem with the kids round here on mopeds lol! Link to post Share on other sites
askeytheman Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Something thats been annoying me lately.. SMart cars, r however the name is all funky like. Am I the only person who has an insatiable urge to flip them over? Preferably at traffic lights, onto the drivers door. I await my opertunity.. Link to post Share on other sites
M4_boi Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 That is a bit extreme I must admit, but it would be interesting to see exactly how easy or difficult they are to actually flip. Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 It's amusing to pick up while parked between two other cars in a car park, turn them 90 degrees and put them back down again. As long as the other cars are still there when the Smart car driver comes back, you're treated to an interesting show of confused/angry driver trying to figure out how to get out. Link to post Share on other sites
M4_boi Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 So am I assuming correctly that they are infact easy to loft lol? Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 If you've got a person on each corner, yeah, it's pretty easy. They're the modern-day mini cooper. Since the "new mini" isn't all that small. One of my lecturers at Uni told a tale from his own uni days, of carrying a friend's mini and putting it between two trees, inches to spare, so no way to drive it out. Where we got the idea for the smart car. Or there was the engineering class who took a mini apart and reassembled it in the owner's living room.... Link to post Share on other sites
M4_boi Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 I always wondered if that could be done due to the chassis size? Either way if it can be it's ace. I did manage to life my mate's Fiat Uno from the back and move it about a foot once before dropping it on his toe lol! One of the advantages of playing rugby I suppose. Link to post Share on other sites
Punkypink Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 My mom's classmates took a teacher's morris minor and put it in the school pond. this was in singapore. Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Andrews Posted July 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 OK, sound the alarm bells, this is a Defcon One annoyance !! I went into my local Focus DIY store today and they are putting up signs for Christmas decorations and Xmas trees! Now, with six months to go............... Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 Really? Where? Tell us so we can storm the place in the middle of the night, all ninja'd up and steal the lot... Link to post Share on other sites
M4_boi Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 Christmas stuff already? What is going on these days? Link to post Share on other sites
Royal-Air-Force Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 Pics' or it didn't happen. Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Andrews Posted July 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 Good enough! I'll pop along tomorrow and take pics. These shops should be shamed into removing all evidence of Christmas until late November. Link to post Share on other sites
Pablo Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 I feel a protest is in order. I'll get my mask... Link to post Share on other sites
Cannonfodder80 Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 For the guys who hate the Smart cars, just wait till you spot a G-wizz. Just imagine the result of a drunken one night stand between one of those kids pedals cars with the yellow roofs and a golf buggy Or go here http://www.goingreen.co.uk/store To make matters worse these ugly things are electric and the batteries are recharged by plugging them into the mains, which in the UK is usually from a coal fired power station. Now thats really environmentally friendly Link to post Share on other sites
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