Are Electric Mobility Scooters really safe on our roads?
Another incident has occurred in Lakeland, Florida which highlights how the growing number of elderly people using mobility scooters in Florida on the highways, is a cause for concern.
Here at Help With Mobility we have already featured a number of articles that address how health and safety of mobility scooters out on our roads and highways should be given greater attention.
With a growing aging population, and accessibility to cheap mobility scooters increasing, we are witnessing more and more of these fatal accidents occurring.
This latest incident of a 66 year old man, Lannis Harris of Lakeland, being hit and killed by a semi tractor-trailer whilst in a crosswalk area at the intersection of Highway 92 and Combee Road. The semi tractor-trailer hit and ran over Mr Harris on his mobility scooter. Mr Harris was taken to hospital but unfortunately died from “extensive trauma”. Investigations into the accident are now underway.
