Which way is one way mate?

That s a very good point. But I reckon the Taxi driver would end up paying out because a lot of these carts aren t insured, so therefore the taxi would be the only third party... a bum deal all around for the poor taxi driver.

Interesting - are the carriages considered as vehicles? Are they a mobility device for those with walking challenges, or whatever the present PC expression is. It is not a motorised equivalent of the wheelchair? Penzance s pavements are unsuitable, as they are and I do not advocate changes to historic heritage or alterations to historic frontages, as impossible as that would be. What is the situation as regards the disabled and mobility and access?

@ MARK64 and Treeve I honestly have no idea where these vehicles are within the law. As Mark correctly states, some are taxed and have registration plates and some aren t. I suppose it s a difficult call as you are unlikely to be prosecuted for driving up a one way street the wrong way if you have never taken a drivers license. Therefore she would not know what these signs are. My real concern here isn t so much as she is travelling in the wrong direction, but rather the danger she exposes to herself by doing so. If the law was clearer on the restrictions of these (much needed) vehicles then perhaps it will prevent a death.
I can only assume that the mobility carts that have registration plates and tax are designed for road use and the driver has a valid license. The ones without registration plates are meant for the pavement and therefore the driver has no training to use the road. That said motorist constantly block the ends of the pavement preventing these carts from using the pavements freely.
Perhaps this has a wider solution than first though. Perhaps the police have a duty to keep the ends of the pavements free from obstruction and the council a duty to lower pavement edges. After all, I guess if she was using the pavement in Chapel Street and chose to leave it the drop to the road would surely topple the cart.....
It s not an easy call after all is it. Lets just hope that some ones granddad or grandmother isn t seriously injured whilst waiting for a suitable resolution.

The point is then, surely, that a clearer broader issue must be addressed, and for it to include the blocking of pedestrians and disabled by anti-social parking and illegal parking, to be dealt with instantly with a fixed penalty on the spot, and for instant non-changeable marks on the licence. The eventual loss of licence should then become a real deterrent. As to the blurred area of disabled carriages on the roads and streets, we have enough problems with cyclists and skate boards, as well as scooters - the pavements cannot cope, and it is all going to get beyond any common sense and any realm of safety, all round.

Another one is these electric bikes they can go very fast but do not come under the laws of motorbikes or cars

A good point - all of these are fine in city situations with routes and gardens, with multi flow traffic routes and streams, but in old towns and villages, it cannot be made to work without some part of society taking the back seat and losing liberties and or safety.

I would like to hear an official line on this subject.... but I wont hold my breath. But mark my word as soon as someone is killed or seriously injured because of a similar situation above..... all the councillors, politicians and senior law makers will come out of the woodwork....... but I wonder to myself what their response would be to me if I wrote to them today..... yep that s what I thought, hardly worth debating sad#

The Highway Code is available on the Net in its entirety. I wonder if it has been updated to include for such matters?

It all seems rather pickish - surely they would have to be the same as for motorised wheelchairs.

a bit like the Hells Grannies sketch, strikes me ...