Mobility Scooters.

[Theland]

Are mobility scooters legally required to have insurance?
Jus applied for a rental house and they asked if I had an insurance certificate for my scooter. I don't.

[Mamyalynne]

Not required but recommended, it may be their rules.

https://www.recare.co.uk/site/scooters_on_roads.php

[nailit]

That's an interesting question Theland. I nearly got run over by one not so long ago. Wondered what the outcome would have been if I had.

[goodgoalie]

No, you don't need it, but it's recommended:
https://www.gov.uk/mobility-scooters-and-powered-wheelchairs-rules/vehicle-tax-registration-and-insurance

[Jackdaw33]

I have just bought one. It is recommended that you have public liability insurance in case you bump into someone but it is not compulsory. Larger scooters which can be driven on the roads may have different rules.

[sunny-dave]

Public liability insurance should be compulsory - as should the display of a Registration Plate - they may he useful, but they are also (in careless hands) bloody dangerous.

[Theland]

Must get some to keep the new landlord happy. Desperate for new house. Health needs it. Just hate bureauracracy.

[Theland]

Every death on the news is younger than me. Oh poo. Need this house to make life easier.

[gness]

It depends on the honesty of the scooter rider, Nailit. My friend was run over by one...as folk were picking her up the scooter rider made her getaway.
My friend had a broken ankle and other injuries....she had to pay for help to look after the mother she was caring for and with taxis for hospital appointments and so on it cost her quite a lot....
They should all have insurance..and as Dave says, a registration plate......x

[Theland]

Never thought of it before, but now I realise that the responsible thing to do, and the right thing to do, is take out insurance. I will when my pension comes in. Thank you all.

[vulcan42]

they should have insurance and the same law that applies to mobile phone. A man came whizzing round the corner on his scooter and chatting on his phone. I had to jump in the road to escape and was nearly hit by a car. Neither stopped.

[Jackdaw33]

The figure I was quoted was £50 p. a. so not too onerous.

[nailit]

Thanks Gness, I have wondered about the legalities of it all.
Theland, hope it all works out for you re: housing. Not quiet sure why a potential landlord would inquire about your mobility scooter though.

[Theland]

Not bad. I could afford that.

[Theland]

Puzzles me John. Not going to crash into his house. Well not this time.

[nailit]

Well, maybe not this time eh Theland? But after the next pint????

[Theland]

Oh dear yes. Wrote my first scooter off coming back from the pub. Crashed into a steel barrier outside the baby clothes shop. Took out a loan for a another second hand one. £500. Still paying it off.

[nailit]

^^ LOL.

[Theland]

We have a lot in common John

[Mamyalynne]

Will the scooter be stored on or adjacent to the rented property?

That could be why they ask.

[Theland]

Good question. Need to suss out the parking. Thank you.