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    Quote Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase View Post
    they are motor vehicles I think but would probably be mopeds. They definitely aren't bikes. And electric cars are clearly cars because, well, cars. the hint is in the name
    You sound like a lawyer

    Moped, without going to google can any of you tell me what Moped means. Ie is it short for motor-pedal or...??? Get ya anoraks out.

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    Do drink-driving regs apply? These could be ideal for getting home after a few bevvies (ie at the point where you *might* be over the limit but still, in your opinion, ok to drive, but not totally shitfaced)
    it's not a bad thing till you throw a KLR into the mix.
    those cheap ass bitches can do anything with ductape.
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    back in the day when roller skating down Colombo st in chch on a Friday night was fun I wondered on the legality
    of said fun.
    so off to the mot I went and talked to the top ranking officer....he said that because our wheels were under
    the regulation minimum size they had no jurisdiction over us....we could only be prosecuted for being a public
    nuisance ..
    if a person can be done for drunk driving on a bicycle or a ride on mower why not on a lime scooter?
    riding history into the future since ages ago.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Autech View Post

    Moped, without going to google can any of you tell me what Moped means.

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    Moped is cockney rhyming slang for asian.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FJRider View Post
    Would not ... having the preferred method of transport of motorcyclists being motorcycles ... and have riding/operating/instructing with them as your occupation ... be also described as a form of polarization ...

    Or are motorcycles NOT your preferred method of transport/occupation .. ??
    Actually no. Motorcycles are what I've done for a job for most of my life. I still do some training, part time.

    Cycling is my preferred mode of transport.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rastuscat View Post
    cycling is my preferred mode of transport.
    heathen!!!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by rastuscat View Post
    Cycling is my preferred mode of transport.
    Get a job cycling then ...
    When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Autech View Post
    You sound like a lawyer

    Moped, without going to google can any of you tell me what Moped means. Ie is it short for motor-pedal or...??? Get ya anoraks out.

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    Short for ... Motor/pedals (originally)
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    Quote Originally Posted by robajs View Post
    if a person can be done for drunk driving on a bicycle or a ride on mower why not on a lime scooter?
    A bicycle is a vehicle not a toy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase View Post
    they are motor vehicles I think but would probably be mopeds. They definitely aren't bikes. And electric cars are clearly cars because, well, cars. the hint is in the name
    Do pedal CARS need reg and WOF ... ???
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    NZ'ers reactions to these scooters are surprising and saddening. So we have a new form of transport that is proving popular. "hurr durr let's ban them! they're on my road/footpath/cycle lane hurr durr government save me!!". Is it so fucking hard to just adapt to the things around us? Do we really need government stepping in and saving us from every little thing in this world? Why do things like this polarise people and galvanise their weirdly incoherent opinions on alternative transport?

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    Quote Originally Posted by rastuscat View Post

    Cycling is my preferred mode of transport.
    Hippie scum!
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    Quote Originally Posted by FJRider View Post
    Do pedal CARS need reg and WOF ... ???
    Drive your J40 on the road a bit do you?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike.Gayner View Post
    NZ'ers reactions to these scooters are surprising and saddening. So we have a new form of transport that is proving popular. "hurr durr let's ban them! they're on my road/footpath/cycle lane hurr durr government save me!!". Is it so fucking hard to just adapt to the things around us? Do we really need government stepping in and saving us from every little thing in this world? Why do things like this polarise people and galvanise their weirdly incoherent opinions on alternative transport?
    Because we are also a bunch of fuckin numpties that can't use things in a way that is nice to those around us.

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    A parable of our times.

    3 people walk into a cafe. A motorist (driver/rider), a cyclist, and a pedestrian.

    There are 12 biscuits on the table they sit down at. The motorist takes 10, the cyclist takes 1, and the pedestrian takes 1.

    Then the motorist whispers to the pedestrian "Watch out, that cyclist is going to steal your biscuit".

    And such is the attitude of motorists toward other users of the road.

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