A mobility scooter rider says he has noticed more of his fellow users going too fast in Mansfield
Mobility scooters should not travel any faster than four mph on the pavement, according to the Highway CodeA mobility scooter user in a Nottinghamshire town has urged his fellow users to watch their speed.
He has asked Nottinghamshire County Council to put up speed limit signs and do more to make sure they are being observed.The Highway Code states that when travelling on the pavement mobility scooters should not go any faster than four miles per hour.Mr Henson told BBC Radio Nottingham: "I'm telling folks every day. It's not on.
"Even if we do get some signs up, we still need somebody to enforce the law against them going too fast," he said.Paul Wilson. who manages a mobility scooter shop in the town, said he had also seen lots of people breaking the speed limit. Neil Greig, from road safety charity IAM RoadSmart, said the UK was known as "the mobility scooter capital of Europe" with more of them being used on our streets then anywhere else.
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