Personal injury lawyers have called for a thorough examination of the Road Traffic Act to make sure mobility scooter riders have to take out insurance cover.
Simon O’Loughlin, an associate at Hodges, Jones Allen, mentioned a pointy way up in scooter riders is unavoidable with an ageing race and cheaper vehicles being developed.
The law now does not need owners to take out insurance, grip a looseness or to pass a inclination assessment of any kind.
Last week a 70-year-old lady from Leigh, nearby Wigan, who was severely harmed when a scooter crashed in to her, assimilated flourishing calls for a law change to force riders to take out insurance.
Mr O’Loughlin said: ‘It is usually correct that this situation is now addressed as shortly as possible. It has to be recognized that accidents do come about in life and major injuries can occur.’
Parliament is now deliberation the need for mobility scooter riders to take out insurance, with the DVLA saying it is ‘strongly advised’ that owners take out cover.
Almost two-thirds of respondents to a Department of Transport consult final year concluded scooter riders should be theme to the same manners as other motorists.
But opponents inform a change in the law would pile updated expenses onto exposed people who rely on these vehicles to sustain their independence.
