![]() ![]() Hitting the office’s legendary Indianapolis corner where the C/D art department transitions into the editorial cubicle farm, the rear-drive Buzzaround would gently lift the right rear wheel, with the rider feeling a queasy and tipsy sensation. The single front wheel keeps the tiller steering light enough for anyone with limited arm strength to pilot, but there’s an inherent instability that can be felt as the Buzzaround hits its 5.4-mph governed top speed. It blends in like a Camry.ĪTV makers stopped building three-wheelers years ago, and the mobility industry seems likely to follow. At only $2199, the Buzzaround EX is built for tight budgets and unpretentious personalities. This is the classic mobility scooter: simple in its engineering, lightweight and easily transported on a rack behind a sedan, comfortable for anyone under 330 pounds, and timelessly style-free. But that doesn’t explain the complete lack of cupholders. These scooters enable the personal mobility of people who would otherwise be restricted by physical challenges. Hoveround was invited to this test but turned down the opportunity with the explanation that it doesn’t want any publicity at this time. In 2015, the company Hoveround, which had often advertised on The Price Is Right during the break before the showcase round that it could get patients into a scooter for “little or no cost,” was accused by the Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general of billing Medicare $27 million for mobility devices that weren’t medically necessary. This also means that scooters are prescribed by doctors and often paid for by health insurance or Medicare. And no one scoot will be right for everyone. You may not be in the market now, but we are all potential scooter owners.Ĭ/D knows vehicles, but these scooters are medical devices. Right behind are 66 million Gen-Xers, followed by millennials, whose numbers now match the boomers. They’re aging into that part of life when bodies become fragile and, while modern medicine means they’ll live long lives, many will need help getting around. There are about 75 million baby boomers in the United States, and the youngest of them turn 53 this year. You may think that mobility scooters are a fad with the half-life of selfie sticks, but demographics argue otherwise. There’s a crossover instrumented test here. But the present belongs to crossover SUVs and mobility scooters. The future may soon bring autonomous flying cars with onboard Chipotle service. Trader Joe’s should add banking to the sweeper through the produce department Walgreens and CVS sell them on their websites and the scoots are now a go-to reference for jokes about growing old, alongside walk-in bathtubs and reverse mortgages. ![]() Occasionally someone will get drunk, steal one, and drive it into a canal. Take your dog out for a constitutional and one will whiz by, forcing Fido off the sidewalk and into the gutter. At hot-rod shows, they fly in squadron formation with each pilot trailing a gray ponytail.
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