10-15-2003, 11:31 PM
[cool]Those motorized scooters are a sore subject in the Phoenix area right now. There has been a lot of effort to get them more closely regulated...not only for the safety but the noise factor.
Two days ago, a 13 year old kid was killed on one. He run up beside a big construction truck as it was turning right into a job site. The driver did not see him zip around the truck and the kid did not notice it was turning. The end result was the kid got run over by a loaded cement truck. The only restrictions in that area were that the scooters had to be operated on the street and not on sidewalks...and that you had to be at least 14 to have one. The kid complied by running on the street, but he was only 13. He will never see the legal age.
I too disagree with some of the laws and restrictions laid on fishermen. A tube with a low power trolling motor is more heavily regulated in most states than high powered PWC...and they are killing or injuring people every day. I lost count of the number of deadly accidents on the evening news here in Phoenix over the last year or so, involving PWC. And, they were usually with very young people...or older people with too much "antifreeze" in their systems.
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Two days ago, a 13 year old kid was killed on one. He run up beside a big construction truck as it was turning right into a job site. The driver did not see him zip around the truck and the kid did not notice it was turning. The end result was the kid got run over by a loaded cement truck. The only restrictions in that area were that the scooters had to be operated on the street and not on sidewalks...and that you had to be at least 14 to have one. The kid complied by running on the street, but he was only 13. He will never see the legal age.
I too disagree with some of the laws and restrictions laid on fishermen. A tube with a low power trolling motor is more heavily regulated in most states than high powered PWC...and they are killing or injuring people every day. I lost count of the number of deadly accidents on the evening news here in Phoenix over the last year or so, involving PWC. And, they were usually with very young people...or older people with too much "antifreeze" in their systems.
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