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If you have a scooter in DC you have to have a motorcycle cert to ride one. Getting a motorcycle cert is not hard. So yes, people who have them already are required to go through the same training and licensing as motorcycles. If that is not being enforced, then your issue is with MPD.

Splitting lanes on a motorcycle or scooter is foolish, you have little reaction time and either is harder to maneuver than a bicycle. And I don't often see people doing it in the city.

As for the full leathers argument, I only see this kind of hand-wringing about it in the USA and not in countries across the world where all kinds of people ride scooters in cities. I can easily ride my bicycle at 18-20MPH on city streets, and on a scooter I'm not going much faster (city speed limit is 25). I don't think people expect me to wear a crash-proof getup (beyond a helmet) on my bicycle so what's the difference when I'm in the same exact traffic?

by MLD on Jul 5, 2012 11:22 am • link • report

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