Hi Dewdad,

I do not think you have said a thing I can disagree with. I share the road with cars, trucks, bikes, pedestrians, scooters - you name it. Powered by internal combustion, electric, a combination of the two and occasionally perhaps something even weirder! No problem.

Well - except for the twits who nearly knock me off by passing too close.

I think I shall add one qualification here to my previous two posts that perhaps might be significant - and that is the trails I ride. As far as the roads go, there is no issue as to what uses them. The two trails I use here in the DC area, the Crescent Trail and the Mount Vernon Trail, it is these with which I am principally concerned and to which my remarks pertain. They are narrow, in some places, EXTREMELY narrow. They go up and down and twist and turn to a most delightful degree. They are used by all sorts of folks, on feet and wheels of all sizes.

Realizing - perhaps belatedly - that I do not know the types of trails other folks use, it strikes me that perhaps they are quite suitable for larger, heavier and faster vehicles. I know the two main trials I use are not suitable at all and I cannot believe that electric scooters would last long should they start using them.

And to strengthen your last statement, if we were to get more folks onto electric scooters - or into small electric vehicles based on the form-factor of the smart-car - then we could put more of the same onto the very roads jammed with motor vehicles today. Traffic would flow better, the air would be cleaner, gas prices would plummet, noise pollution would drop and, if the roads become safer we might attract more folks onto pedal-powered machines which would improve general health as well - with a corresponding drop in health-care costs.

The mind boggles!

It would be wonderful here in DC! It's a beautiful city and with less cars it would be simply fantastic!

Cheers - Lawrence