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05-21-2007, 09:23 AM
High gas prices drive search for cheaper, more fuel efficient travel. (http://www.bdtonline.com/local/local_story_140213233.html)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Yamaha_Majesty_Scooter.jpgGreg Jordan - Bluefield Daily Telegraph – May 21, 2007
The Yamaha Majesty available from your local Yamaha dealer is a very fuel efficient yet stylish moped available here in the US.
PRINCETON - Seeing prices at the gas pump approach and even exceed the $3 a gallon range is encouraging more motorists to seek more fuel-efficient ways to get where they need to go.
In other countries, bicycles, motor scooters, and the hybrid of the two, a mo-ped, are more common than cars, said David Sexton of Bluefield. When visiting Southeast Asia with his wife Ai Kimi, a native of Vietnam, Sexton quickly noted the differences between the American and Asian attitudes towards mo-peds.
“In Saigon, there are between 9 and 10 million people, and at least one mo-ped for every one of those people,” he said.
And these small motor and pedal driven cycles are not used simply to transport a rider and a few of his or her belongings. In Vietnam, riders use their mo-peds for tasks Americans usually assign to cars or pick-up trucks.
“I’ve seen pizza deliveries,” Sexton said, recalling one visit. The rider would keep pizzas balanced with one hand and drive with the other. Another delivery carrier was using his mo-ped to haul televisions; again, strapped to the cycle’s back and balanced with one hand while he drove with the other.
“Yet here in America, we would never consider that a workhorse,” Sexton said.
What is more, the mo-peds are driven “New York style” on roadways in Thailand and Vietnam: High speed, bumper-to-bumper, and no turn signals, Sexton said. The only real signal is loudly honking your horn to announce “Here I come!”
Despite this aggressiveness, Sexton saw only two wrecks in the 30 days he spent in Southeast Asia: One crash in Thailand, another in Vietnam. Even when driving at high speed, the Asian drivers were aware of the situation around them … http://www.bdtonline.com/local/local_story_140213233.html
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Yamaha_Majesty_Scooter.jpgGreg Jordan - Bluefield Daily Telegraph – May 21, 2007
The Yamaha Majesty available from your local Yamaha dealer is a very fuel efficient yet stylish moped available here in the US.
PRINCETON - Seeing prices at the gas pump approach and even exceed the $3 a gallon range is encouraging more motorists to seek more fuel-efficient ways to get where they need to go.
In other countries, bicycles, motor scooters, and the hybrid of the two, a mo-ped, are more common than cars, said David Sexton of Bluefield. When visiting Southeast Asia with his wife Ai Kimi, a native of Vietnam, Sexton quickly noted the differences between the American and Asian attitudes towards mo-peds.
“In Saigon, there are between 9 and 10 million people, and at least one mo-ped for every one of those people,” he said.
And these small motor and pedal driven cycles are not used simply to transport a rider and a few of his or her belongings. In Vietnam, riders use their mo-peds for tasks Americans usually assign to cars or pick-up trucks.
“I’ve seen pizza deliveries,” Sexton said, recalling one visit. The rider would keep pizzas balanced with one hand and drive with the other. Another delivery carrier was using his mo-ped to haul televisions; again, strapped to the cycle’s back and balanced with one hand while he drove with the other.
“Yet here in America, we would never consider that a workhorse,” Sexton said.
What is more, the mo-peds are driven “New York style” on roadways in Thailand and Vietnam: High speed, bumper-to-bumper, and no turn signals, Sexton said. The only real signal is loudly honking your horn to announce “Here I come!”
Despite this aggressiveness, Sexton saw only two wrecks in the 30 days he spent in Southeast Asia: One crash in Thailand, another in Vietnam. Even when driving at high speed, the Asian drivers were aware of the situation around them … http://www.bdtonline.com/local/local_story_140213233.html