Our goal is to help ensure that all mobility equipment users travel safely. The following tips are designed to help you get where you’re going — and home again — safely.
Wear bright clothing. Have a bright safety flag. Put a reflective vest on the back of your mobility scooter or power chair seat. Add a flashing bicycle light to the top of your flag.
If you are driving at top speed you cannot often react quickly enough to a situation.
If you are crossing a street or passing over a driveway, make sure drivers see you. If you are unsure whether a driver sees you, stop and wait, regardless of who has the right of way.
Make sure your Scooter or Powerchair is in good working condition and batteries are charged up. Power equipment requires regular maintenance just like changing the oil in your car.
You are a pedestrian and must follow pedestrian rules. Obey all traffic signals intended for pedestrians. Stay on the sidewalk. If there is no sidewalk to travel on, drive against traffic and be as visible as possible.
Pay attention to your environment. Be conscious of steep curb cuts, broken sidewalks, uneven surfaces, utility poles on sidewalks, bus stop benches and construction on sidewalks. Be curteous to other pedestrians traveling on the same sidewalk. Slow down when passing others and move over when possible.
Some medication, drugs and/or alcohol may affect your skill, reaction time and judgement when operating your scooter or powerchair.
Using the scooter at dawn, dusk or in the dark is not advisable. If you must drive in dark conditions, make sure you are wearing reflective garments, turn your headlights on and secure extra lighting on the highest point of your equipment to insure drivers see you.
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DUE TO THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK OUR HOURS MAY CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
WE UNDERSTAND AT THIS UNSTABLE TIME YOU OR YOUR LOVED ONES MAY STILL NEED EQUIPMENT. WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO TRY AND HELP WHILE STEMMING THIS OUTBREAK AT THE SAME TIME. WE WANT TO KEEP YOU, YOUR FAMILIES, OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STAFF SAFE.
