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To: Stoat
5 year old girls can just get on them and ride away....oftentimes at speeds far in excess of 8 mph. Stop this carnage on our highways!

Pedestrians will never be safe again, I tell you!

And what if they team up?

What will we do when the Barbie Bikers and the Octogenarian Scooter Gang team up?

In all seriousness, this is just big government controlling every facet of life and must be fought with abandon.

9 posted on 08/13/2010 12:57:32 AM PDT by TheThinker (Communists: taking over the world one kooky doomsday scenario at a time.)
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To: TheThinker
5 year old girls can just get on them and ride away....oftentimes at speeds far in excess of 8 mph. Stop this carnage on our highways!

Pedestrians will never be safe again, I tell you!

And what if they team up?

What will we do when the Barbie Bikers and the Octogenarian Scooter Gang team up?

In all seriousness, this is just big government controlling every facet of life and must be fought with abandon. 

hehe!  Such a gang would make the entire Crip Nation quake in their boots  ;-)

I agree though, it is yet another regulation of our lives pushed forward on the basis of a supposed safety need, when in reality, if reason were to prevail over Socialism, such a testing regimen would be entirely voluntary.  It's one of those things that some people may benefit from but that shouldn't be a reason to force it down everyone's throat. 

I would suggest that the VAST majority of folks using the scooters are perfectly competent with them and they are smart enough to stop using them when they begin to have difficulty.  A nationwide,  mandated scooter testing regimen (which will lead to mandatory scooter registration, licensure and a HUGE cash stream for the Government) treats everyone like a child who is utterly incapable of making decisions for themselves.  Another bit of freedom is taken away and another part of our lives is placed under rigid Governmental control.

15 posted on 08/13/2010 6:43:34 AM PDT by Stoat (If you want a vision of the future, imagine a Birkenstock stamping on a human face... forever)
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