Today’s mobility scooter manufacturers and retailers alike take safety features on these products very seriously. After all, they are fundamentally important to providing freedom and quality of life. So, you want to have full confidence that you are getting a product which performs safely.
Simple and Sophisticated Safety Solutions
Whilst advances in technology have helped make mobility scooters safer than ever before, it is sometimes the simpler aspects of scooter design which play key roles. For example, anyone familiar with the mobility scooter industry will have heard plenty about ground clearance. An unglamorous consideration, but very important for safety. Poor ground clearance can cause serious issues when navigating kerbs. Lifestyle & Mobility have found that the LuXe Mobility products have attracted a great deal of attention for their outstanding ground clearance capabilities. Particularly with the smaller scooters in the range, there are some really standout ground clearance specifications. The LuXe Mobility X100 Sport features nearly 2 inches of ground clearance at the lowest point on its undercarriage. This represents nearly a full extra inch of ground clearance against many similar scooters: whether folding or boot.
At the other end of the spectrum come developments in brake technology. The MovingLife ATTO mobility scooter, shown above, which is a high-tech product anyway, boasts an automatic braking system (ABS) should an emergency stop be required. Plus, it has automatic slowdown for steeper slopes or sharper turns.
Keeping You in Control
One of the main interfaces between the user and the mobility scooter’s technology is, of course, the scooter control console display. This is one part of mobility scooters where safety features have been coming on in leaps and bounds. With the high-end mobility scooters of today, you can expect safety features reminiscent of cars. The aptly-named Scooterpac Cabin Car (shown at left) has an auto-triggering full-colour reversing camera built into the rear view mirror, to give one of the most impressive examples.
Enhanced safety features, whether complex or more straightforward, are finding their way through the spending scale on mobility scooters. It isn’t just those whose finances will extend to a Cabin Car anymore, who can expect good things in regards to ride safety.
Knowledge is Power
Whilst the safety features of modern mobility scooters are better than ever before, there is still no substitute for paying a little attention to the user manual. Lifestyle & Mobility aren’t naive enough to think that mobility scooter user manuals are the most riveting reads. Still, the safety section is always worth a read. For more tips and tricks about maintaining your mobility scooter in such a way as to keep you safe, and the scooter in good condition, check out this article.