Speed demon OAPs get new centre scooter limit

'WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE ENFORCERS' SAY BOSSES ON 4MPH RULE

- By NATHAN PYNN

SPEED demon pensioners have been hit with a 4mph speed limit to stop them terrorising shoppers on their mobility scooters.

The speed limit is being enforced at Idlewells Shopping Centre in Sutton-in-Ashfield.

Town centre bosses say they have been forced it bring in the 4mph limit after a spate of near-misses involving scooters and shoppers.

By law, mobility scooters are limited to 4mph on pavements, but some powerful models can get up to 8mph with ease.

Local residents have praised the speed limit after claiming it can be like trying to “cross the road” while shopping in pedestrian areas. And some mobility scooter users have also welcomed the 4mph limit, saying some pensioners “hare around” the shopping centre at speed.

Retired factory worker Diane Colley, 65, said: “I don’t go fast on mine but some of them do.

“It’s the bigger models that can go fast. Mine is the smaller size but the bigger models go a lot quicker.