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DC police arrest 81 people, impound 273 vehicles in crackdown on mopeds, scooters
During a two-week operation last month, D.C. police impounded hundreds of scooters and mopeds in the city.
https://www.wjla.com/news/local/washington-dc-mopeds-scooter-drivers-traffic-safety-impounded-traffic-tickets-arrests-reckless-driving-dc-department-of-motor-vehicles-mpd-operation-right-right-public-safetyOpen linkView original on fedia.io
The title makes it sound worse than it is. They’re targeting drivers without appropriate licensing, insurance and helmets, not arbitrarily.
That was my first question; why? TY for answering it!
You could've read the article?
Apparently it was possible all along. Wonder of wonders!!!
Congratulations on this rare achievement!
I'm curious about the arrests, there isn't much to go on here. I used to live in a US state that required no licensing or insurance for mopeds so it seems good to enforce something like this. In that state, they were called liquor cycles...
What. The. Fuck. Here you can done for dui on a lawn mower if you’re silly enough to drive it on a public road. Which I’m completely fine with. Having random lunatics ride around on e scooter is dangerous as it is, mopeds is wild.
I think they might be referring to the fact that they no longer have a valid license, so they opt to ride mopeds to go get the liquor.
That’s pretty much what I’m referring to? Pissheads who’ve lost their license to DUI here get done for the same (edit: and driving while disqualified) when they think they’re clever and ride their mower to the pub. Pretty much anything going onto a public road needs to be a registered (and therefore insured) and the operator licensed. I couldn’t imagine non-licensed riders buzzing around city traffic on a slower version of a motorbike.
Ya, it was more or less this. Nearly all the scooter riders had lost their license to a DUI conviction and could then legally cruise public roads on a scooter without a license or insurance. A helmet was required tho if I remember correctly 🙃
I feel like requiring a drivers license for motor vehicles is ok.