The changing fae of the economy can be positive, as this CNN reports. While Hummer sales are dipping, scooters have increased 25 percent this year alone. And when the weather is as beautiful as it has been here in NYC, the tiny vehicles are all the more enticing.
Steve Krakauer at TVNewser posted this one earlier today. For any naysayers, expect the trend to broaden.
I was riding today and two more people asked me about my bike — the gas mileage and monthly insurance rates questions are most common. One couple was driving in a newer Lexus when they started asking me scooter 101 stuff at a stoplight. Goes to show you that when people are wasting money, they’ll reconsider norms.
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