They're ruggedizing mobility scooters these days

Post by **spot** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:04 am

I'm lost for words, honestly.

And there's no photo of the state the train was left in, either.A man who was hit by a train travelling at 100mph after his mobility scooter got stuck on a level crossing in Essex has escaped with only minor injuries.

BBC News - Mobility scooter man survives 100mph train crash in Essex

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:07 am

Trust the mail :-

Drunk man riding mobility scooter over level crossing is hit by 100mph train... and SURVIVES | Mail Online

If the guy in that photo' is only forty three then I'm a Dutchman.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:58 am

I am thinking the picture is merely to illustrate to Mail readers what a mobility scooter is, and not an action shot of the event.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:10 pm

Bruv;1363222 wrote: I am thinking the picture is merely to illustrate to Mail readers what a mobility scooter is, and not an action shot of the event.

Of course, I was forgetting the typical Mail reader and how they have to be spoon fed

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:58 pm

If he wasn't drunk he would have been injured a lot more never knew what hit him.

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 2:02 am

...appears to be a hobby of his, getting winged by high speed vehicles.