I live in Taiwan and as far as I know, Taiwan has the highest ratio of scooters to citizens in the world. Why do you focus so exclusively on Europe? I drive a scooter over here and it is a very exciting means of transportation. The young people on these things (150cc max) are really skillful on the road. I have never actually seen an accident in the past six months, but they do happen with probably a fare rate of incidence. However, despite the seeming madness of the driving, inside the traffic flow it actually makes sense. There are so many scooters that the drivers have to watch for them at all times. Most exciting is evading the ancient busses that lumber down these narrow streets with murder at the wheel; I liken them to easily irritated elephants of the Serengeti. The Taiwanese have so much of their population on scooters that they seem to have many subcultures emerging from it. I will write more as i ask more questions-- and thanks for the interting articles.
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