Sep 13, 2010
Three Wheel Scooter
A three wheel scooter is a kind of a mobility scooter which only has three wheels. A three wheel scooter are prescribed to elderly people or to those afflicted by medical condition that makes them incapable of walking. It also serves as a nice alternative to a wheelchair, even to its motorized version, as it does not convey the stigma of being disabled to the patient, which makes some people ashamed of their condition.
There are some advantages of a three wheel scooter over its four wheel counterpart. First of all, the single wheel on the front makes it better for turning.
This makes it more controllable than its four wheeled counterpart so it is better on tight and crowded areas. The length of mobility scooters makes it hard for them to steer around corners and the structure of three wheel scooters can help in working out this weakness.
Another advantage of a three wheel scooter is that it is more lightweight than its four wheeled counterpart. As a consequence, it is more portable. There are even three wheel scooter models that can be detached easily into a few pieces so that you can store it in a car trunk. On the other hand, four wheel scooters are bulkier and a they cannot be detached into smaller parts. You can only take it on a far place when you have a very large vehicle that can carry it.
While there are a lot of advantages of a three wheel scooter, it also has its share of limitations. Its three wheels makes it not very stable unlike its four wheeled counterpart. This form of scooter can knock over easily, making it unsafe for patients. As a result, most three wheel scooters, are usually utilized on indoors only since the rough outdoor terrain is not advisable for the scooter. You can still make use of it outdoors if you know that the road surface is not rough. And because of its portable structure, its load capacity is inferior to its four wheeled, full-size counterpart.
All in all, a three wheel scooter can still be a reliable and versatile mode of transportation for people with special medical concerns despite of these limitations.
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