Elderly Aussie on a mobility scooter collides with a car while crossing a major Perth road
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Mobility scooters are a lifeline for many older Australians, providing them with independence and the ability to participate in community life.
The safety of our elderly citizens using mobility scooters on the road has been brought into sharp focus following a shocking incident in Perth where an elderly woman was struck by a car while attempting to cross a busy motorway.
The incident occurred near the intersection of Guildford Rd and Fourth Ave East in Maylands around 11:20 am on December 8.
The dashcam footage, shared by Dashcam Owners Australia, showed the woman on the scooter attempting to cross the road.
She successfully signals a car in the inside lane to stop, but a white Toyota Camry in the outer lane, presumably with its view obscured by the stopped car, continued forward.
As the scooter moved in front of the stopped car, it was hit by the Camry.
Thankfully, a catastrophic collision was avoided, but the impact was enough to topple the scooter and its rider onto the busy road.
The woman was seen back on her feet after concerned motorists pulled over to assist her.
The incident has sparked a flurry of comments online, with many viewers expressing little sympathy for the elderly lady, arguing that mobility scooters 'shouldn’t be on the road'.
'Absolutely not shocked by this,' one commented.
'The next block down has a footbridge across this main road,' a second added.
Another viewer pointed out: 'Many of the scooter riders have a tall orange flag and usually try to cross at a marked crossing of some sort.'
Other commenters noted the lack of pedestrian crossings on that stretch of Guildford Rd. The closest crossings from the collision scene are an intersection 420 metres west and a footbridge 360 metres east.
It is understood that the WA Police has been contacted for comment on the incident.
This news comes after motorists nationwide expressed their disdain after a Woolworths shopper parked their mobility scooter in a space designated for disabled drivers.
The driver who shared the photo on social media recalled that they were trying to pull into the vacant disabled parking space but found that the scooter was already there.
They also thought that this act was ‘surely not legal’, and clarified that the mobility scooter wasn’t displaying a disabled parking permit when they saw it.
The photo ignited a debate online about the regulations of parking mobility scooters in disabled parking spaces. However, many agreed that it is not legal to do so.
You can read more about this incident here.
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The safety of our elderly citizens using mobility scooters on the road has been brought into sharp focus following a shocking incident in Perth where an elderly woman was struck by a car while attempting to cross a busy motorway.
The incident occurred near the intersection of Guildford Rd and Fourth Ave East in Maylands around 11:20 am on December 8.
The dashcam footage, shared by Dashcam Owners Australia, showed the woman on the scooter attempting to cross the road.
Dashcam footage showed an elderly woman in a mobility scooter colliding with a car while crossing the road. Image source: Facebook/Dashcam Owners Australia.
She successfully signals a car in the inside lane to stop, but a white Toyota Camry in the outer lane, presumably with its view obscured by the stopped car, continued forward.
As the scooter moved in front of the stopped car, it was hit by the Camry.
Thankfully, a catastrophic collision was avoided, but the impact was enough to topple the scooter and its rider onto the busy road.
The woman was seen back on her feet after concerned motorists pulled over to assist her.
The incident has sparked a flurry of comments online, with many viewers expressing little sympathy for the elderly lady, arguing that mobility scooters 'shouldn’t be on the road'.
'Absolutely not shocked by this,' one commented.
'The next block down has a footbridge across this main road,' a second added.
Another viewer pointed out: 'Many of the scooter riders have a tall orange flag and usually try to cross at a marked crossing of some sort.'
Other commenters noted the lack of pedestrian crossings on that stretch of Guildford Rd. The closest crossings from the collision scene are an intersection 420 metres west and a footbridge 360 metres east.
It is understood that the WA Police has been contacted for comment on the incident.
This news comes after motorists nationwide expressed their disdain after a Woolworths shopper parked their mobility scooter in a space designated for disabled drivers.
The driver who shared the photo on social media recalled that they were trying to pull into the vacant disabled parking space but found that the scooter was already there.
They also thought that this act was ‘surely not legal’, and clarified that the mobility scooter wasn’t displaying a disabled parking permit when they saw it.
The photo ignited a debate online about the regulations of parking mobility scooters in disabled parking spaces. However, many agreed that it is not legal to do so.
You can read more about this incident here.
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Hope you don’t lose sleep over it.
