This is not a bicycle!
07-29-11 | 06:16 PM
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07-29-11 | 08:35 PM
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Where I live, scooters get stolen all the time if they're not locked up. I would've locked it up too if it were mine. If you didn't install the rack yourself, who are you to say you can and can't park there?
07-31-11 | 07:24 AM
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I live in Taiwan and it irks me here. Actually, bikes in the scooter parking area irks me more.
If there's designated motorcycle/scooter parking, then I agree. Actually, I'd get a clunker MTB and lock it to the scooter with a big chain.
If there's designated motorcycle/scooter parking, then I agree. Actually, I'd get a clunker MTB and lock it to the scooter with a big chain.
07-31-11 | 01:06 PM
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Just add some information here. Our campus is closed to motor vehicle traffic. (other than police and uni. service vehicles) They can't legally ride these things into campus to park them on the bike racks. Not to mention the safety hazard they create.
07-31-11 | 02:14 PM
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In the 50 states of the United States plus at the federal level, there are 51 different mixtures of laws/ordinances/rules concerning bicycles/electric bicycles/motorized bicycles/mopeds/motorscooters/motorbikes. Of course, if one is on private property (many parking lots) not many of those laws actually apply.
07-31-11 | 02:21 PM
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An old two-stroke might make more air pollution than 100 Hummers - but a few of the modern ones with liquid cooling, multi-valve heads, fuel injection, oxygen sensors and three way catalytic exhausts could qualify as LEVs, plus they have very low CO2 (greenhouse gas) emissions.
08-06-11 | 01:39 PM
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This not a bicycle, it should NOT be locked to the (admittedly crummy) bike rack!
This is not a bicycle either!
Saw these just after lunch, busted out a camera and forwarded pictures over to campus police and parking enforcement. (there are special motorcycle tags required to park on campus) It's especially dumb if you consider that the official motorcycle (and moped) parking is on-street next to the building these are parked by.
This is not a bicycle either!
Saw these just after lunch, busted out a camera and forwarded pictures over to campus police and parking enforcement. (there are special motorcycle tags required to park on campus) It's especially dumb if you consider that the official motorcycle (and moped) parking is on-street next to the building these are parked by.
08-06-11 | 04:25 PM
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I get buzzed by one of those at least once a day while riding. It's one thing to use our bike racks but when they start using our bike lanes that really gets annoying. Plus they usually cut by me really close with no warning other than the noise of their engines. I can't tell if they are coming in the bike lane behind me or in the traffic next to me so it's always a surprise pass by these guys. And to top it all off the exhaust from these things are terrible.
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