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Originally Posted by Suzined
Octogenarians tend to have reduced eye sight, slow reflexes, reduced motor skills, etc., etc. Added to this is the ad campaign to "sell" scooters to those with mobility issues using great gobs of Medicare money.
So how about a retirement center requiring residents with scooters or Segways to carry a $500,000.00 liability/medical coverage policy. The $10,000 policy required by most states for auto coverage just won't do in the specialised area. And make them show a current policy everey couple of months. This prevents the "buy coverage-cancel policy" scam popular in auto insurance.
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I always wonder about rules like this, or for that matter, the rules that many other groups make. Under what authority do they require these rules be complied with? It seems to me that it is clearly a restriction of one's rights to motivate themselves as they see fit.
Does the ADA protect against people having to comply with rules like this, when some other people are not required to carry such insurance coverage? Is there actually a documentable risk that people with mobility devices are that much more likely to cause damage than others?
I go back to the simple fact that I have been hit by more bikes and baby carriages than mobility devices.