Mobility trolleys(?)

You don't, or insurance, although that may come in!

No driving licence needed, my mum never learned to drive and she had a mobility scooter.

I didn't think you needed a driving licence if you are on the pavements? MIL certainly didn't have one!!!
Do need to be safe crossing roads though.

Sorry to hijack this thread, but does anyone know if there`s a mobility scooter hire place in Berwick-upon-Tweed?

Thanks Tanith, actually his eyesight is borderline, so we are just hoping the DVLA agrees to him driving. His licence ran out in June, and he has been told he may drive until told not to, it took them 3 months to sort that decision out, so he may well be driving when he ought not - but try telling any man that! Thanks for all the help - by the way, I did say that although I do sometimes get a little cross at people parking in disabled places when they appear to be perfectly mobile, I do realise that there might well be underlying problems. We also have a friend who is registered blind, although he can see to play bowls, who has a mobility scooter, so I knew that it was possible to have one, I just wondered if there was a degree of disability which made one eligible. I will just have to go to the local mobility place and find out all the facts. We have plenty of room to house a scooter, the car will no longer need the garage. The sun has just come out, and the Olympic Torch is about to pass the end of the road in about an hours time.

I did miss what you said about his eye sight (teach me to read things properly) of course if his sight is really bad it might not be such a good idea for him to drive a mobility scooter outside, perhaps as JessM says he should try them out in a shopping mall or even Tesco have them to borrow..

Parents of children on the autistic spectrum receive a lot of harassment when using a blue badge. People shouldn't make assumptions when they don't know the facts.

I not cross?

Don't get cross. Pain is invisible.

I am disabled, I have two mobility scooters. One a very lightweight folding model the other a bigger heavier weight model.
I have an electric hoist fitted to my car to get it in and out.
If his eyesight is poor a scooter might not be appropiate. The normal ones are quite heavy to get in and out of a car without a hoist.
Please come back to me if you have any queries.
Anybody can buy one but you will be charged vat unless you are disabled!

printmiss Don't get cross about people who apparently can walk fine but have disability badges. some of them are OK walking twenty yards or so but then their legs and/or stamina give out.

DO get cross, however, about those who couldwalk a mile and have no disability problems, but block the nearest disabled bay to the shop from sheer laziness.

When in Australia we once did a bit of a when seeing a gent at the top of the hill with his mob scooter get off an push.
My MIL had one. Disaster really as, having never driven on roads, she just couldn't get the hang of it. Nearly caused a crash when trying to traverse the highway. It is in her garage now, unloved and uncared for. Local mobility aids shops probably the place to look. Also they hire them out in our shopping mall in MK, shopamobility, for a quick trial spin?

Mobility scooters are for just such a person , if he can walk a short distance for instance around the shop then it would be perfect for him.. They plug into a mains socket to charge the battery while its not being used. Do you have somewhere to 'park' it near or in the house?
I believe you can rent them by the month so might be an idea for him to try it and see if it works for him..