thanks! i wouldn't know.
our boys push ours. :)
HAPPY ENDING BUMP! Are Wisconsin people nice, or WHAT?
Woman gives scooter to `Mower Man'
By JOHN HARTZELL
Associated Press Writer
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- An anonymous woman donated a motorized scooter Tuesday to an 85-year-old man who lost his driver's license and was recently told he couldn't keep driving his riding lawn mower on sidewalks to get around town.
"Gee, I got to learn to drive all over again," Benjamin Steinbach said by phone Tuesday evening after receiving his scooter.
Steinbach, who lives in Cedarburg about 15 miles north of Milwaukee, had been using the mower for transportation since the state took away his driver's license two years ago for health reasons. He'd been making trips to the supermarket, hardware store and City Hall.
But, after hearing about Steinbach's treks recently, Cedarburg Police Chief Tom Frank noted that state law allows only a few vehicles on sidewalks, such as motorized scooters, wheelchairs and the new Segways. The list does not include riding mowers.
Carol LaFontaine, director of the Cedarburg Senior Center, said the donor contacted the center after reading about Steinbach and offered the scooter, which allows the rider to sit comfortably while on the move.
"It had been purchased for the woman's mother, but the mother barely used it," LaFontaine said. "The donor felt that, if someone could benefit from it, it was better that the scooter be used."
The Grafton-Cedarburg Rotary Club agreed Tuesday to get the scooter to Steinbach, said its president, Chad Curran.
Curran said his club was planning to offer to buy a scooter for Steinbach but was happy to deliver a donated one instead.
"It's a great opportunity to help a longtime member of the community," he said.
Steinbach said it was wonderful to get the scooter but he was worried about mastering how to use it.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, which first reported on Steinbach Monday, said others also contacted the newspaper about donating a scooter or donating cash toward the purchase of one.
The police chief said Steinbach could drive the scooter on the sidewalk.
"I'm happy for him," the chief said.
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