| There are many people who will use mobility scooters | | | | someone's car. Gone are the days when the person |
| to get them around their homes or the grocery store. | | | | needed to drive the scooter onto the lift and hope that |
| Although they offer them a sense of independence | | | | it is secured enough not to fall off while driving. When |
| many people are still held back by them. One thing that | | | | they are inside the car they are sheltered from outside |
| keeps them from being able to use them efficiently is | | | | elements. |
| how heavy they are and how hard they are to | | | | There are two different types of portable scooters; |
| transport. | | | | convertible and foldable. The convertible model gives |
| A few years ago the only way that people could take | | | | you the option of removing the front basket and |
| these with them anywhere was if they had purchase | | | | steering. This transforms it into a mobile chair to a |
| a special lift that was placed on the back of their car. | | | | stand alone chair. It gives you the option of placing it in |
| These are expensive and for many of us are quite | | | | the bed of the truck or in the trunk of any mid sized |
| difficult to install. Since then things have changed and | | | | car. |
| scooter manufacturers have made things easier with | | | | The foldable mobility scooter is designed to be very |
| the portable mobility scooter. | | | | lightweight and to bend in half like a folding chair. These |
| These are lightweight models which are able to be | | | | have almost no parts that you have to remove when |
| folded up and placed easily into the trunk of | | | | you do this and it allows you to place it in smaller cars. |