Runaway mobility scooter carries off woman

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If this had been reported 2 days ago no one would have believed…

An 87-year-old Cornish woman was rescued by police five miles from home when her mobility scooter sped off out of control.

Eileen Bishop, from Perranporth, and her husband Anthony were on their way to church when, he said, she "disappeared off the radar".

Officers later found her heading along the A3075 towards Newquay.

Mr Bishop said the incident began when he and his wife set off for St Michael's church.

He said the scooter, which "hadn't been going that well", was set to three-quarters speed.

"Suddenly she passed me at full tilt," Mr Bishop said.

"I shouted after her but she is a bit deaf. I couldn't chase her as I've had a triple heart bypass.
"She just disappeared off the radar."
I was half asleep to tell you the truth," she explained.

BBC Link…

 

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If this had been reported 2 days ago no one would have believed…

Can you imagine explaining that to the operator when he rang 999 or whatever?

 

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Can you imagine explaining that to the operator when he rang 999 or whatever?

I am glad it all ended well, because I really couldn't help laughing.

 

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I was half asleep to tell you the truth," she explained.

Ha!

Old people say the darndest things.

 

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Ha!

Old people say the darndest things.

I bet she woke up pretty quickly though.

 

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Officers found Mrs Bishop after a motorist reported a mobility scooter "swerving" across the road near Pendown Cross, five miles away...

Mrs Bishop said she was not sure how she got separated from her husband.

"I just lost him. I was half asleep to tell you the truth," she explained.

This is the thing – they're a bloody nuisance these mobility scooters. The town where my parents live has a very large elderly population, and they're everywhere, more often than not speeding along the pavements paying scant regard to any unsuspecting pedestrians who are unfortunate enough to be in their way.

I'm sorry if this sounds unkind, but if Mrs Bishop wasn't in a fit state to drive it she shouldn't have been doing so, in exactly the same way that you shouldn't drive a car if you're in serious danger of nodding off. Had one of the motorists she encountered hit her while she was 'swerving' around the road 'half-asleep', they'd no doubt have had the book thrown at them.