Teenage Moped Riders

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djchewie

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almost rammed one off the road this morning.

riding in the middle of the lane, and kept looking back constantly for his mate who was half a mile back as his scooter couldnt go faster than 30mph.

i thought u needed a licence to ride them things?
 
chewie_oo7 said:
almost rammed one off the road this morning.

riding in the middle of the lane, and kept looking back constantly for his mate who was half a mile back as his scooter couldnt go faster than 30mph.

i thought u needed a licence to ride them things?
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Don't they have the right to drive in the middle of the lane? Are they supposed to drive in the foot path?
 
Not sure about the UK, but is most States it depends on the engine size.

I had a crappy little scooter with an engine just below the size that required a license. I think I got clocked going 30 mph downhill once (and subsequently pulled over for speeding in a 25mph zone :lol:)
 
silvia said:
Don't they have the right to drive in the middle of the lane? Are they supposed to drive in the foot path?
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if youre in a slow moving vehicle, you're supposed to keep left so theres room for people to overtake.

:roll:
 
I used to ride right on the edge of the road so that vehicles travelling at normal speeds could pass. I think that's proper etiquette for the moped set...
 
Morbyd said:
I used to ride right on the edge of the road so that vehicles travelling at normal speeds could pass. I think that's proper etiquette for the moped set...
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thats what i thought.
 
Morbyd said:
I used to ride right on the edge of the road so that vehicles travelling at normal speeds could pass. I think that's proper etiquette for the moped set...
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Depends, if it's an urban journey you should stick in your lane, if it's not urban journey then you did it well
 
There's loads of these little feckers near us...not so long ago I had one "tailgating" me one morning, so I slammed on my anchors and he went straight into the back of me!! :twisted: :lol:

oh the whiplash!!

always make an effort to swerve into them when I see them, or generally make life hard for them :twisted:
 
jjinit said:
There's loads of these little feckers near us...not so long ago I had one "tailgating" me one morning, so I slammed on my anchors and he went straight into the back of me!! :twisted: :lol:

oh the whiplash!!

always make an effort to swerve into them when I see them, or generally make life hard for them :twisted:
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As a regular scotter driver (up to 100.000 km on a scotter, up to 7.000 km in a big motorbike) read this kind of things always puts on my nerves.
Do you understand that a little incident when you are safe in your car with all your belts and air-bags means nothing but that little incident in a motorbike could mean a disgrace? :? :? :?
 
silvia said:
As a regular scotter driver (up to 100.000 km on a scotter, up to 7.000 km in a big motorbike) read this kind of things always puts on my nerves.
Do you understand that a little incident when you are safe in your car with all your belts and air-bags means nothing but that little incident in a motorbike could mean a disgrace? :? :? :?
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point is silvia, do u ride like a **** with no respect to other roadusers or do u actually remember what the laws of the road are.

if i have a bike over take me, it doesnt bother me cos i know the guy aint gonna be trying to text his 14yr gf while overtaking me!
 
silvia said:
Depends, if it's an urban journey you should stick in your lane, if it's not urban journey then you did it well
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It also depends on what type of scooter you're talking about. If you've got a 50cc engine and can reach decent speeds of 40-45 miles per hour then you have every right to drive in the lane. If you're riding a 35cc engine like my old scooter and struggling to get above 25 mph, then I think it's best to keep out of people's way.

(hope I'm remembering my cc's correctly... it's been at least 15 years! Oh, except for that one time on Formentera)
 
jjinit said:
There's loads of these little feckers near us...not so long ago I had one "tailgating" me one morning, so I slammed on my anchors and he went straight into the back of me!! :twisted: :lol:

oh the whiplash!!

always make an effort to swerve into them when I see them, or generally make life hard for them :twisted:
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:evil:

Not cool, Jason...
 
chewie_oo7 said:
point is silvia, do u ride like a **** with no respect to other roadusers or do u actually remember what the laws of the road are.

if i have a bike over take me, it doesnt bother me cos i know the guy aint gonna be trying to text his 14yr gf while overtaking me!
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fair point, but same as there are silly mopped drivers, there's also inconscient car drivers. But anyway, it usually seems that car drivers forget how safe are them inside and how weak are motorbike drivers
 
silvia said:
fair point, but same as there are silly mopped drivers, there's also inconscient car drivers. But anyway, it usually seems that car drivers forget how safe are them inside and how weak are motorbike drivers
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oh crap car drivers deserve a thread of their own!

when i drive to work, i sometimes wish i was an undercover traffic cop.
 
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