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Salutations:

On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:16:56 -0400, lharnish <harnish@hfx.eastlink.ca>  
wrote:

> On Jun 11, 9:46�am, Brian Smith <Hali...@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote:
>> � � � � Perhaps J Dexter will pop in here and be able to answer your  
>> question.
>> He went through hoops to be able to use his little vehicle, check out
>> his blog athttp://communityherald.ca/list/113for details.
>
> That's an interesting read and shows we have a lot of gray area on
> this emerging alternative ride.  After originally posting, it looks
> like Ontario is well on it's way of dealing with this situation and
> has been running some pilot projects.
>
> So after reading most of this, an alternative ride that goes a max of
> around 32/km just wouldn't be feasible in my situation.  My commute is
> from Sambro where the speed limits range from 50 km to 80 km until I
> hit the city limits.  I'd roughly triple my commute time of 35 minutes
> if I had to go 32 km/hour, not to mention I'd drive the people
> following behind me crazy!  It would be really useful for people in
> the city though!


Hey folks - long time no type.

Well - there shouldn't be a situation where you are holding up traffic  
because bicycles (power assisted or not) must always be operated on the  
extreme right hand side of the road and aren't allowed on highways in the  
first place.

If you are looking to get around in the 50k/80k range - I strongly  
recommend that you have a look at Vespa or any one of the  
Honda/Yamaha/Suzuki knock-off scooters. Depending on your weight,  
somewhere between 125cc and 500cc.

Take (and pass) the provincial Motorcycle course and you will be a much  
better driver all round.

The real trick to happy alternative motoring is to give up the style for  
the safety gear and to pay very close attention to everything else on the  
road regardless of who has the right of way. I rode and raced Motorcycles  
for years and never had a accident on a public road.

The trick was some advise from Sgt. Sperns about considering everyone else  
on the road with me as blind drunk at all times.

My last/current big motorcycle will out run a Testarossa in any forward  
gear - I long since gave up feeling the need to prove it could. Frankly  
though, I smile a lot more on the Go-Ped and have mothballed the Z1R for  
the forseeable future.

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