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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Stig / Major Tom on June 20, 2023, 11:55:55 AM
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We've been on the Atlantic coast of Delaware for a week - vacationing...(like I needed a break!)
At least in this coastal area the roads are pretty interesting. In heavily trafficked built-up areas there exists a right lane dedicated to busses, bicycles, motorbikes... and right turners. So while 2 or 3 or 4 lanes of traffic is stopped or crawling along - a fellow on a scooter can zip with care in this R lane and breeze through the jams!
Of course it wasn't long before I saw the typical "scooter passing along the curb and car suddenly turns right" near collision! This was a rental scoot - so unskilled rider without the proper imagination which veteran scooter riders develop - hopefully!?
I move towards all scooters as a rule- so chatted with a Buddy and a Vino rider yesterday.
"Scooters are the only way to get around with all this darned traffic!" said the Vino 50 rider - after telling me twice that his scooter is NOT a Chinese scooter!~ His Yamaha is 12 yrs old, 9000+ miles. Runs like a top - gets a "new plug every now and then".....tires looked original :)
He was wearing an open face helmet (shorts, no gloves)....as he puttered away through the 25mph streets....
Water temp is 67.8°F in the Atlantic today.
83°F in our usual Fla beach along the Gulf of Mex.
55°F in the English Channel.....
Vino guy was telling me that the big local scooter seller closes every winter - then opens the same shop in Florida!
Stig
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Water temp is 67.8°F in the Atlantic today.
83°F in our usual Fla beach along the Gulf of Mex.
55°F in the English Channel.....
Stig
This prompts me to mention a news report the other day telling us that the waters from NE England up to Aberdeen in Scotland are experiencing a "heat wave" currently with temperatures 3-4c higher than normal. Not the good news bathers may think, as it seriously affects the ability of fish stocks to survive!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-65948544
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Water temp is 67.8°F in the Atlantic today.
83°F in our usual Fla beach along the Gulf of Mex.
55°F in the English Channel.....
101°F in Houston ... it will start to get hot in August
Might want to mention that 'Lane splitting' is not legal in all states. That varies just like helmet laws. I have no idea what the rules are in Delaware.
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101°F in Houston ... it will start to get hot in August
Might want to mention that 'Lane splitting' is not legal in all states. That varies just like helmet laws. I have no idea what the rules are in Delaware.
Talking about lane splitting, looks like this guy had no idea what observation and anticipation is all about either! https://fb.watch/lhteUbXnzT/