awakenmust
Hi, i'm 16 and I really wish I could transport myself places that are further than walking distance, aka not 3 hours away on foot.
I really want a motorcycle but I can't wear the gear everywhere I go. Helmet & leather jacket i'm fine with as I already wear a leather jacket all the time and there's a super cool iron maiden helmet I want but I can't wear leather pants and boots everytime I want to go somewhere. I found a moped that looks exactly like a motorcycle and it seemed perfect but I don't know if it will work.
The issue with a moped (tomos streetmate) is the DMV website for california says I can only go 20 mph which is too slow. I don't understand why I can't go 30mph, I don't plan on riding it in front of cars as you would with a motorcycle i'd just ride it in bikelanes or whatever route is bike safe according to google maps. The tomos streetmate looks more like a motorcycle than a moped so perhaps I could get away with riding it 30mph but motorcycles aren't even allowed on bike lanes I think.
I can already drive a car really well but I don't have my lisence and I can't afford a car and i'm super picky when choosing one (I loooove 80's cars but you know it's well not the 80's it's 2012 so finding one wouldn't be easy)
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I think you might be confused. The Streetmate goes 30mph and is classed as a moped (406a) and you need an M1 or M2 license. The electric motorized bicycle (406b) can only go up to 20mph, and you do not need a license. By the way, you don't have to wear leather pants and boots. Just not shorts and flip-flops. If you ride NEAR the bike lane, (allowing cars room to pass) you can ride safely on a small bike without causing too much of a clog. Clogs are dangerous as cars will be jerks to get ahead.
From the DMV website...
A "motorized bicycle" or "moped" is:
A two or three-wheeled device, capable of no more than 30 mph on level ground, and equipped with:
â Fully operative pedals for human propulsion.
â A motor producing less than two gross brake horsepower and an automatic transmission.
â An electric motor, with or without pedals for human propulsion. (CVC §406(a))
Driver must have a motorcycle license (M1 or M2).
A âmotorized bicycleâ is also defined as a vehicle with pedals and an electric motor (not more than 1,000 watts) which cannot be driven at speeds of more than 20 mph on level ground even if assisted by human power. (CVC §406(b)).
If you operate a motorized bicycle which meets the definition of CVC §406(b), you:
â Must be 16 years of age or older.
â Must wear a properly fitted and fastened bicycle helmet.
â Are exempt from the motor vehicle financial responsibility, driver license, and moped plate requirements (CVC §12804.9).
I think you might be confused. The Streetmate goes 30mph and is classed as a moped (406a) and you need an M1 or M2 license. The electric motorized bicycle (406b) can only go up to 20mph, and you do not need a license. By the way, you don't have to wear leather pants and boots. Just not shorts and flip-flops. If you ride NEAR the bike lane, (allowing cars room to pass) you can ride safely on a small bike without causing too much of a clog. Clogs are dangerous as cars will be jerks to get ahead.
From the DMV website...
A "motorized bicycle" or "moped" is:
A two or three-wheeled device, capable of no more than 30 mph on level ground, and equipped with:
â Fully operative pedals for human propulsion.
â A motor producing less than two gross brake horsepower and an automatic transmission.
â An electric motor, with or without pedals for human propulsion. (CVC §406(a))
Driver must have a motorcycle license (M1 or M2).
A âmotorized bicycleâ is also defined as a vehicle with pedals and an electric motor (not more than 1,000 watts) which cannot be driven at speeds of more than 20 mph on level ground even if assisted by human power. (CVC §406(b)).
If you operate a motorized bicycle which meets the definition of CVC §406(b), you:
â Must be 16 years of age or older.
â Must wear a properly fitted and fastened bicycle helmet.
â Are exempt from the motor vehicle financial responsibility, driver license, and moped plate requirements (CVC §12804.9).
a barrel of oil is better cheap or expensive for the economy?
katie
i dnt get it either but in this article for school and it says a barrel of oil will prob cost 300 by 2012 so is that goo dor bad?
Answer
in all of human history p to about 1850 the only way to build or do anything was with human muscle power. that is why there were slaves and workers paid almost nothing by the rich and powerful
machines using fuel, wood or coal or oil for steam, gas motors or electric generators can do much much more. a human muscle work is worth only about $0.50 a Day, less than the cost of the food to feed him
when oil was discovered in american in the 1890s it was so plentiful it cost less than a few dollars a barrel. gasoline was a waste product while making kerosene for lamps
only cheap clean energy produces real wealth meaning stuff. money is just paper to keep score.
in 1970s the america reached "peak oil"we used our won FASTER than we drilled and found new oil so we bought oil from the arabs. they stopped selling it and it almost collapsed the American economy. One of the reasons we had WW II was because America supplied japan with oil and when they attacked China we stopped their oil. they had 6 months to a year at most, to attack us, win the war, attack southeast asia And get oil there. otherwise they would have starved and gone back to planting rice with water buffalo
Today there is a huge and growing demand for oil. all our mid east wars are really about controlling oil.
oil at $75 a barrel we can afford. at $100 it slows our economy. $300 a barrel we would be in a great depression. but we would have an all out war in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq or where ever the oil was found
WE HAVE TO STOP USING OIL. there is no other choice. except coal and coal is VERY dirty and dangerous.
The sun is the natural source of almost all energy on earth. it is just expensive to make solar electric systems. and we have stupidly let China manufacture them all. Our company just went out of business due to costs and cheap Chinese products.
at $300 a barrel oil you will ride bicycle and have to grow your own food in your back yard, or starve. Farmers need oil for all their machines, fertilizer and for trucking the food hundreds of miles to the cities.
Pay attention to this news it is VERY important to YOUR future.
2012 is much too soon but 20 50 maybe?
in all of human history p to about 1850 the only way to build or do anything was with human muscle power. that is why there were slaves and workers paid almost nothing by the rich and powerful
machines using fuel, wood or coal or oil for steam, gas motors or electric generators can do much much more. a human muscle work is worth only about $0.50 a Day, less than the cost of the food to feed him
when oil was discovered in american in the 1890s it was so plentiful it cost less than a few dollars a barrel. gasoline was a waste product while making kerosene for lamps
only cheap clean energy produces real wealth meaning stuff. money is just paper to keep score.
in 1970s the america reached "peak oil"we used our won FASTER than we drilled and found new oil so we bought oil from the arabs. they stopped selling it and it almost collapsed the American economy. One of the reasons we had WW II was because America supplied japan with oil and when they attacked China we stopped their oil. they had 6 months to a year at most, to attack us, win the war, attack southeast asia And get oil there. otherwise they would have starved and gone back to planting rice with water buffalo
Today there is a huge and growing demand for oil. all our mid east wars are really about controlling oil.
oil at $75 a barrel we can afford. at $100 it slows our economy. $300 a barrel we would be in a great depression. but we would have an all out war in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq or where ever the oil was found
WE HAVE TO STOP USING OIL. there is no other choice. except coal and coal is VERY dirty and dangerous.
The sun is the natural source of almost all energy on earth. it is just expensive to make solar electric systems. and we have stupidly let China manufacture them all. Our company just went out of business due to costs and cheap Chinese products.
at $300 a barrel oil you will ride bicycle and have to grow your own food in your back yard, or starve. Farmers need oil for all their machines, fertilizer and for trucking the food hundreds of miles to the cities.
Pay attention to this news it is VERY important to YOUR future.
2012 is much too soon but 20 50 maybe?
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