Accident On A Mobility Scooter
By Jabo
@jaboUK (64362)
United Kingdom
June 26, 2017 3:39pm CST
My husband doesn't walk very well (he's 86), and has a mobility scooter. He uses a track to get to our local shop for a paper most mornings. This track is for pedestrians, cyclists and mobility scooters.
There is a right-angled bend on the track and it's impossible to see if anything is coming, so my husband always cuts his speed when he approaches it.
This morning a young woman on a bicycle sailed round the bend and ran straight into him, causing him to end up in the hedge. She had a child in a carrier on the back of the bike, but luckily no-one was hurt, and the woman was most apologetic.
She helped my husband to extricate the scooter from the hedge, and fortunately there was no damage to it.
When he got home he told me about it and quipped "I thought my days of being ambushed by young women were over!"
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I like his sense of humor ..... Thank goodness no one was injured
@Marilynda1225 (79592)
• United States
26 Jun 17
Glad your hubby wasnt hurt and could still find humor in recapping his adventure
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@jaboUK (64362)
• United Kingdom
26 Jun 17
@Marilynda1225 Yes, he's always been able to see the funny side of things.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
27 Jun 17
I am so glad that no one was hurt! He certainly kept his sense of humor.
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@jaboUK (64362)
• United Kingdom
27 Jun 17
@JamesHxstatic It's amazing that no-one was hurt, and he can always see the funny side of things.
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@jaboUK (64362)
• United Kingdom
26 Jun 17
@celticeagle He's always been a bit of a joker
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@celticeagle (158739)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Jun 17
@jaboUK .....I like that type of people. I try to make jokes when I am nervous or in a new situation. I think it helps.
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@FourWalls (61967)
• United States
27 Jun 17
Glad he wasn't injured, and even happier that his days of being attacked by young women isn't over!!! 
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@jaboUK (64362)
• United Kingdom
27 Jun 17
@FourWalls My husband has always been a bit of a joker, and age hasn;t taken that away from him
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@jaboUK (64362)
• United Kingdom
27 Jun 17
@Tampa_girl7 Yes, that was fortunate.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
26 Jun 17
Good grief .... i'm glad no one was hurt....and that he could joke about it..., it sounds like they were all very lucky... 
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@jaboUK (64362)
• United Kingdom
26 Jun 17
@sueznewz2 Well, you know him - he has a good sense of humour
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
27 Jun 17
your husband has a very good sense of humor.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
27 Jun 17
Oh how funny! gald no one was hurt.
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@jaboUK (64362)
• United Kingdom
27 Jun 17
@andriaperry It was lucky no-one was hurt and that my husband could laugh about it.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
27 Jun 17
Glad to hear that he's ok. That's why, when iI'm on my bike, I slow down for blind curves and corners.
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@jaboUK (64362)
• United Kingdom
27 Jun 17
@teamfreak16 It's only common sense if it's a blind corner, isn't it? That young woman obviously hadn't got much common sense.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
26 Jun 17
He has a sense of humor. Thankfully no one was hurt.
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@jaboUK (64362)
• United Kingdom
26 Jun 17
@suziecat7 It was fortunate no-one was hurt, I'm especially pleased that the child was ok.
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