It is not common for users to take lessons to drive a scooter. No driver’s license or lessons are required, but coordinator of the Traffic Garden, Astrid van Maarseveen, thinks that this should change. “People get a mobility scooter through the Wmo (Social Support Act) or purchase one. And something is explained, but how do you deal with it in real traffic?”
Traffic garden in Utrecht wants compulsory scooter lessons: ‘A lot of accidents happen’
