Going to borrow Ernie's thread for a different small rant. These damn little scooters. Not the scooters themselves. Some are even cute in an odd sort of way. But their riders.
Reminds me of the time when I was flying in and out of a regular airport and ultrilights were just getting popular. Stupid stuff everywhere.
At least here we've become all but infested with the little things. I couldn't get across town without a helmet. 25% of the scooter riders barely have a brain, so I guess they figure "why where a helmet?" And they don't. Just today saw a patrol car behind a lidless scooter for two blocks. Nothing.
The little things can often barely keep up with traffic. Even the machines that can are often ridden by riders who can't. So the little buggers are pissing the cages off and the cages won't distinguish one bike from the next.
Also, at least in the group of them here, god help you if you're a couple of bikes together and one of those little things sees you and thinks it would be cool to tag along. The closest thing they understand to a formation is the load their rider probably drops on the lawn each night. Last week had a Vespa clone of some sort buzz between me and a Heritage with the little scooter wound up like a bumblebee on steriods but still forcing both of us to break so he could feel like a big shot and mix it up with real bikes.
ok, rant is over
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