As much as we joke about our weather here in the UK, a lot of us like to make the most of enjoying the sunshine and warmer temperatures and it seems that this year we are a bit luckier so far.

A lot of people know what its like to try and get into a car that has been sitting for a while in direct sunlight, sometimes the heat inside is so intense that it requires opening the windows or doors of the car and waiting at least a few minutes until it becomes more bearable to sit inside the car.

Even something that is not enclosed as a car can still get very hot to the touch, so hot that its painful to try and sit on, motorcycles can be like this but even mobility scooters too.

Leaving a mobility scooter in direct sunlight for a short space of time on a hot day is not as much of an issue but if you intend to leave yours for a few hours, maybe outside a front door or in a garden, it will become extremely hot depending on how its been made.

The type of covering on the seat will determine how hot it will actually become and if yours is the type that you know will become very hot while its not being used and left in the direct sun then you are best off covering the mobility scooter with something or trying to shade the areas of it that are likely to become intensely hot.

When at all possible, if there is a shade covered area that is safe to leave your scooter in then this is your best bet.

Other areas of the scooter that need to be touched, basically anywhere near the control panel, the handles, anything that might hold the heat are all areas of discomfort if not kept cool from the daytime sunshine.

Save yourself the pain of a hot to the touch mobility scooter by keeping it shaded and cooler when not in use during these hot summer days.

Hope you are all enjoying this lovely summer weather that we are having during the month of June.

Question:

I use a 3 wheel Road Knight Mini Mobility scooter, a light flashes on the dash and it will only creep along, the batteries are fully serviceable.

Do you know of a way to fix it?

Depending on where you live you might have come across paved paths that are quite often shortcuts into other streets and they can save time and the extra effort needed when you dont have to go the long way around.

The problem is that some of these paths can have restricted access at either end, there can be good reasons for these restrictions in place, quite often they will be in the form of a couple of metal frames in place and if you are without disabilities of any kind then they usually dont pose a problem and just require you to twist and turn a couple of times to pass through or simply just to slow down as you walk through.

As far as slowing down cyclists as they approach them or putting off a cyclist altogether from taking that route, they work, also they prevent people on motorbikes from riding down the path and in the rare cases that the paved area may be wide enough that a car could fit down the path then they of course completely block any chance of that happening.

But what if you’re in a wheelchair or on a mobility scooter?

Some of the metal frames are positioned that you could still pass through without too much difficulty but others make it much harder and can force you to take the long way around.

It seems quite inconvenient at times that some people will not be able to take a route down some paved paths because of this and in some situations it can be a bit of a nuisance if for example you are visting someone who’s home is actually along one of these paths.

What are your thoughts on this?