Mobility scooter rider gets 'boy racer asbo'
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Surprised this hasn't been posted yet
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/10303689....
[b]An elderly man caused four miles of traffic jams as he drove his mobility scooter at 8mph along the A12 in Essex.
Essex Police were called to the southbound carriageway, which has no hard shoulder, near Chelmsford, on Thursday, after calls from drivers.
Police escorted the man from Chelmsford off the A12.
Police issued him with a Section 59 warning which is normally restricted to using a vehicle in an anti-social manner.
An Essex Police spokesman said: "Police received numerous calls from drivers concerned for the welfare of the scooter rider."
He said officers formed "a rolling roadblock around the scooter to hold back traffic until the man could be escorted off at the Danbury turn-off".
Sgt Jason Dearsley said: "Instead of tying up the court's precious time we decided that the best way to deal with this matter was to use powers given to us normally for dealing with boy racers.
"We see it as an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (Asbo) for road users." [/b]
I am very happy to hear that the eldery man didn't just get a slap on the wrist.
The amount of carnage i see eldery safe drivers cause behind as a matter of course them is just really f
king me off now. I wish they get targeted a bit more and not just when they do something insanely stupid.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/10303689....
[b]An elderly man caused four miles of traffic jams as he drove his mobility scooter at 8mph along the A12 in Essex.
Essex Police were called to the southbound carriageway, which has no hard shoulder, near Chelmsford, on Thursday, after calls from drivers.
Police escorted the man from Chelmsford off the A12.
Police issued him with a Section 59 warning which is normally restricted to using a vehicle in an anti-social manner.
An Essex Police spokesman said: "Police received numerous calls from drivers concerned for the welfare of the scooter rider."
He said officers formed "a rolling roadblock around the scooter to hold back traffic until the man could be escorted off at the Danbury turn-off".
Sgt Jason Dearsley said: "Instead of tying up the court's precious time we decided that the best way to deal with this matter was to use powers given to us normally for dealing with boy racers.
"We see it as an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (Asbo) for road users." [/b]
I am very happy to hear that the eldery man didn't just get a slap on the wrist.
The amount of carnage i see eldery safe drivers cause behind as a matter of course them is just really f
king me off now. I wish they get targeted a bit more and not just when they do something insanely stupid.There was one local where I used to live, he used to have a sign saying "ROAD LEGAL" at the back, and used to ride it on the roads despite there being wide clear pavements everywhere.
Used to cause chaos in rush hour.
Strange to see an older guy using the modern philosphy of what they have a right to do, over what their responsibilites are...
Glad that this chap got done for something for it though.
Used to cause chaos in rush hour.
Strange to see an older guy using the modern philosphy of what they have a right to do, over what their responsibilites are...
Glad that this chap got done for something for it though.
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