Scooters subject of concern (Orillia Packet & Times)
(07/04/2009 01:23 AM)
Issues with motorized wheelchairs, or medical scooters, were raised recently at an Orillia police services board meeting. Personal mobility devices driven on the roads and more than one of them taking up the width of a sidewalk were a couple of concerns noted by board member George Morano.[...] More>>
EU puts disability scooters in same tax bracket as F1 cars (Daily Telegraph)
(07/04/2009 01:23 AM)
The European Union has been accused of imposing a "tax on the disabled" after it passed a new law which will place mobility scooters in the same tax bracket as Formula 1 cars. More>>
Hawking attacks new EU levy on mobility scooters (Gulf Times)
(07/04/2009 01:23 AM)
Wheelchair-bound British physicist Stephen Hawking has condemned plans by the European Union (EU) to impose an import tax on mobile scooters by classifying them in the same category as Formula 1 racing cars. More>>
Stephen Hawking attacks new EU tax on mobility scooters (EARTHtimes.org)
(07/04/2009 01:23 AM)
London - Wheelchair-bound British physicist Stephen Hawking has condemned plans by the European Union (EU) to impose an import tax on mobile scooters by classifying them in the same category as Formula 1 racing cars. For many of us with disabilities... More>>
EU puts disability scooters in same tax bracket as F1 cars (Handbag.com)
(07/04/2009 01:23 AM)
Seriously, WTF?!?!? As if mobility aids aren't expensive enough already! "Many people would sooner die than think. In fact they do." Bertrand Russell More>>