Mobility

Do you need a driving licence to use a mobility scooter on the road?
September 9, 2024

Mobility scooters are categorised into two classes, but you don't need a driving licence to use either.

QTvan mobility scooter caravan built to beat Royal Wedding queues
April 17, 2011

Elderly spectators hoping to bag the best spot on the Royal Wedding procession route, but unwilling to spend a night camping on the pavement, can now buy a caravan designed to be towed by a mobility scooter. The QTvan is small enough to be used on the pavement or even inside shops, but manages to accommodate a full-size bed and television....

Mobility scooter caravan wins world record
September 11, 2014

A miniature caravan designed by mobility scooter breakdown specialists, the ETA, has been awarded a Guinness World Record. The QTvan is small and light enough to be towed behind a mobility scooter and is now officially the world's smallest caravan. The ETA developed the tiny caravan to highlight the estimated 220,000 people who use a...

Pedal-powered wheelchair
July 5, 2018

What better way to safeguard against the peril of a flat battery than this powered wheelchair equipped with a back-up power source? The back half of a lightweight bicycle has been attached to the wheelchair to allow a Good Samaritan to help out with pedal power should the batteries fail. Most mobility scooter and powered wheelchair users...

Mobility scooter breakdown
April 27, 2018

A man whose mobility scooter broke down in Huddersfield town centre earlier this month was left stranded after local taxi firms were unable to take him home. The Huddersfield Daily Examiner reports that Cleveroy Ritchie sat calling out for help in the rain – but even people who stopped to try and help him could do nothing. He eventually...