Comments on: Scooters rally for Melbourne streets

By: Millatime

Millatime — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:45:27 +0000

Err, and oh yeah, I think more should be done to make roads safer for scooters, they’re fun to ride and superbly economical.

By: Millatime

Millatime — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:42:26 +0000

The girl in the 2nd photo is smokin’ hot!!

By: BOSSCR

BOSSCR — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:13:33 +0000

Anybody that wears an open face helmet when riding a scooter, motorbike or even a Harley is asking to swallow their own chin. When I ride, it helmet, gloves, boots, jackets and kevlar jeans. No less.

By: Matt Brogan

Matt Brogan — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:11:29 +0000

Couldn’t agree more guys. As someone who rides daily (my anti-spam word was Triumph) it really annoys me to see scooter/bike riders in tank tops or suits. One spill and they’ll know all about it. Pleased to see the TAC finally doing some advertising on this front too.

By: WVB

WVB — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:48:29 +0000

Completely agree. I bet the girl in the 2nd pic probably rides her scooter as dressed aswell.

By: Genie

Genie — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:40:54 +0000

That photo of the guy irritates me for the same reason most scooter riders irritate me. If some mum in her SUV merges into him on the way home, he is f*cked. Open face helmut means his jaw is will bare the brunt of the impact if he face plants, ankles and feet will be ruined with his sandals offering no protection, leather jacket is just an overcoat, so offers no protection. Riding butt naked will offer just as much protection from the industrial belt sander that bitumen is at 50kmhr.

Yes, there are motorcyclists as well who don’t wear much protective gear, but the problem is way worse with scooter riders. Just because you ride in the city at slower speeds, doesn’t mean you won’t be messed up if someone knocks you off at 50km/hr. I’m just trying to fathom the delusion that scooter riders seem to have, that because they sit upright and don’t have a clutch and gear peg, suddenly they are safer than a motorcycle. The tiny wheels make potholes are lot more dangerous for one. At least that guy has one of those 3 wheel scooters, so it’d be a bit more stable, but still.

Yes, riding with full or at least partial gear can be an embuggerance, but so’s hospitals and funerals.