Scooter boys and girls used to be shaven-headed, parka wearing, loveheart-popping wild things but it appears today's scooter riders pose their own dangers.
![scooter crunch.jpg](http://assets.markallengroup.com/article-images/image-library/147/uploads/mt/opticianonlineweb/blogs/big-optometry-blog/2012/03/06/scooter%20crunch.jpg")
Although important the Government has annoyingly decided to tackle the issue of mobility scooters, and the regulation thereof, ahead of dealing with drivers' vision.
I'm sure there are many occasions where a poor sighted OAP or an morbidly obese user of a mobility scooter ( weight 50kgs, max speed 10mph) presents a hazzard to other highway users.
What I don't see is how they could pose anything like the danger of a person of poor vision driving around in an Range Rover, Landcruiser, Audi Q7, BMW X5 etc, etc, etc (weight 2,000kgs, max speed 120+mph).
Presumably someone at the Department for Transport got their foot run over by a mobility scooter on their way to the Civil Service Club.