Ditto on the helmet. And as a (pedal-type) biker, I'd
suggest you review your route and see if you could take it
largely through residential neighborhoods.
The law is there for a purpose, and it's largely
against you I'm sure. You're not licensed for
the street (though there might be an exemption for
low power or low speed), and officially the sidewalk
is not even for bicycles.
Near large streets you need to use the sidewalks, and
this is likely to be technically illegal, but it's done
all the time so I'd expect they would not hassle you
if you were *very* careful to defer to pedestrians.
In residential neighborhoods, again, you might need
to pull aside if traffic gets thick, so keep your
ears open, but that's definitely not a place to ride
on the sidewalk - even with a human-powered bike -
unless it's totally wide open visibility.
I rode one of those electric scooters just once.
About 12 mph, I felt I had *no* control.
Anyway, good luck,
Vic
P.S. - One mile? You don't need no stinkin' motor.
That's pure cake.
Bart Garst wrote:
> Call crime stop and ask them what is legal and what is not.
>
> If you aren't comfortable with that you can look through the Arizona Revised
> Statutes yourself:
> http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ArizonaRevisedStatutes.asp
>
> Bart
>
> Oh yeah, and wear a helmet ;-)
>
>
>>Sorry for being off topic but I don't know where else to ask. I
>>bought one of those electric scooters today because I live about
>>1 mile from my job, too far to walk and not far enough to drive
>>and I want to make sure I am not breaking the law so I googled to
>>find the local laws to make sure I am not breaking them (Should I
>>ride on the street or sidewalk etc) and I had no luck. Can
>>someone point me in the right direction of where I can find this
>>info on the net? I live in Phoenix and work in Tempe so this
>>makes it a little tougher. Anyone who can help can email me off
>>list and if anyone feels this is too far OT I will stop this
>>thread with a quickness.
>>
>>TIA
>>Frank
>>
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