As part of their course, third-year occupational therapy students had to plan and carry out a community event, so Sarah Johnston and Stephanie Knowles (both 21) worked with the Mosgiel RSA and Mosgiel police to organise the seminar.
The aim of the day, held at the RSA on Tuesday, was to raise awareness of mobility scooters among other road users and pedestrians, and to offer scooter users the chance to brush up on their manoeuvering skills, the students said.
Ms Johnston said she and Ms Knowles had handed their seminar plan and resources over to the RSA and had been told the RSA hoped to obtain funding to repeat the seminar.
"We have been told there is a big gap in mobility scooter awareness education and a need for more seminars like this.
"It is exciting to think the idea might expand," Ms Johnston said.
On Thursday, she and MsKnowles met Dunedin City Council road safety adviser Henriette Rawlings to discuss the seminar concept and mobility awareness signs they had designed for roadsides or car parks.
The response from Ms Rawlings had been positive, Ms Johnston said, although regulations meant putting up awareness signs in public places was probably not feasible.
No-one from the RSA could be reached for comment. Ms Rawlings was not available for comment, either.
