| Focus: as means of leisure travel | | | | in a fraction of the time for a fraction of |
| | | | the cost. They are also, many people are |
| Last time you went to a popular football | | | | finding out, very good fun. |
| match or ball game in your car did you have | | | | |
| to sit in a traffic jam? Did the walk from | | | | The increasing use of mopeds and scooters for |
| the car to your seat take for ever? Were you | | | | leisure activities is a product not only of |
| stuck in really bad traffic on the way home? | | | | the fact that they are now much more freely |
| What was your travel time compared with the | | | | available in the USA than they were, but that |
| time spent at the stadium? Did you notice | | | | more and more people, enjoying the experience |
| people whizzing past your almost stationary | | | | of going to work on them, want to use them in |
| car on mopeds and scooters? Did you notice | | | | the evenings and at weekends too. |
| these same machines parked-up just next to | | | | |
| the entrances to the stadium itself? | | | | The example of the football/baseball |
| | | | basketball/ice-hockey matches is only one of |
| Mopeds and Scooters are becoming more and | | | | a cornucopia of uses that the modern rider |
| more popular in the USA as their availability | | | | puts their machine to. A day out of town with |
| is now countrywide. The original mopeds and | | | | the freedom of the open roads; a trip to the |
| scooters of Europe and indeed the rest of the | | | | beach or your local beauty spot, with or |
| world are at last available in quantity with | | | | without a friend; a trip to the city if you |
| quality in the US and many people are taking | | | | live out of town, without parking hassles; |
| advantage of this cheap and stylish option | | | | even just popping round to see friends the |
| not only to get to work and back but for fun | | | | other side of town. |
| as well. | | | | |
| | | | All these, and of course more, are easy if |
| Gone are the days of kick-starting your bike | | | | you have your own personal form of transport. |
| and it starting on the 24th attempt. Modern | | | | Often at 60 or more miles to the gallon (some |
| technology combined with stylish lines and | | | | even do 100 mpg) you can travel where you |
| 'all the extras' have brought the modern | | | | want at a fraction of the cost of 'motoring' |
| mopeds and scooters we see today into the new | | | | without the aggravation or expense. |
| millennium with a bang. They are more popular | | | | |
| than ever in a society who has suddenly | | | | Mopeds and scooters are more and more |
| realised that gas is becoming pretty | | | | featuring in people's leisure time because |
| expensive, particularly for larger cars. | | | | they are good fun. Why be bottled up in a car |
| | | | in a traffic snarl when you could be on the |
| Many people are beginning to realise that | | | | open road? You will see more of them in the |
| they don't need their 6 litre car to take | | | | future so why not try one sooner rather than |
| them 3 miles to work in busy traffic jams, | | | | later? You won't be disappointed. |
| where a moped or scooter could get them there | | | | |