whats the deal with scooter renting on 30a?

No motorized vehicles allowed on the bike path, otherwise street legal vehicles are allowed on the road. Golf carts are not street legal but you may be talking about Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEVs) which are.

No, he's talking about Butterfly bike rental adding a bunch of scooters (vespa type things) to their rental fleet. Road version of jet skis for tourists and annoying as hell IMO! :angry:

No, he's talking about Butterfly bike rental adding a bunch of scooters (vespa type things) to their rental fleet. Road version of jet skis for tourists and annoying as hell IMO! :angry:

I understand that but they are not illegal on the road, but they are on the bike path. I'm sure we will see more and more of them on Scenic 30A and they will cause some problems. I'm sure they will become very common on the bike path.

The WCSO may have to station some officers on the bike path in high season. Maybe we'll start seeing deputies on bikes. Now that would be an awesome job.

I think someone from the WCSO from One Seagrove to the Grayton intersection constantly writing tickets would more than make up for any budgetary shortfalls.

People's driving just keeps getting worse..................can't imagine what it will be like when tourons are going "weeee" on scooters.

The week after Christmas, I saw four kids (maybe 20 years old) on scooters, at the 30A intersection of Grayton. Each of the boys had a grin from ear to ear. They weren't sure about their skills at the stop sign, and decided to skip the stop sign part and jump on the Multi-use path, which as pointed out above, doesn't allow motorized vehicles. I watched them in my mirror as I drove towards WaterColor. Around Barago, they approaching oncoming bicyclers, and decided to cut across the grass and get back onto the road, without slowing down a bit. I'm not even sure if the anyone other than the guy in the lead, looked over their shoulders to see if traffic was coming.

I have no problem with scooters on 30A. I think they can serve a good purpose. However, I don't believe that 30A should be a training ground for beginners operating motorized cycles.

Responsible people using a scooter instead of a car - good!

Tourons zooming around in a pack w/ no regard for safety - bad!

I like to pooter on my scooter!

what i think of when i see the poor tourist schlubs on 30a on rental scooters, wreaking havoc...


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Bicycle COPS

Don't be surprised if we see BIKE cops this Spring and Summer.

Some might recall that when Ralf Johnson was running for his first re-election he put bike cops on 30A. VERY POPULAR, helped that FELLOW get re-elected.

Popularity still exist and we now have a new, young, thougtful Sheriff... We'll see how he responds to the idea. BET HE DOES IT...

Scooters are cool as long as they are on the street not the bike path. Maybe we can get some bicycles to actually use the paths if the scooters take over the streets. I'll trade the bike for the scooters on the street any ole day.

Don't be surprised if we see BIKE cops this Spring and Summer.

Some might recall that when Ralf Johnson was running for his first re-election he put bike cops on 30A. VERY POPULAR, helped that FELLOW get re-elected.

Popularity still exist and we now have a new, young, thougtful Sheriff... We'll see how he responds to the idea. BET HE DOES IT...

Scooters are cool as long as they are on the street not the bike path. Maybe we can get some bicycles to actually use the paths if the scooters take over the streets. I'll trade the bike for the scooters on the street any ole day.

:roll: Yeah, right.

...we have no money in the budget to post warning flags on the beach, yet we'll have money to fund a squad of "Officer Friendlies on Schwinns?"

Where do you find these photos ????

A cop on a bike is cheaper than a cop in a car. It is also good PR to have friendly officers easily accessible. They do have to answer a lot of quesitons though.

Scooter Rentals

:roll: Yeah, right.

...we have no money in the budget to post warning flags on the beach, yet we'll have money to fund a squad of "Officer Friendlies on Schwinns?"

You gotta love sowal. Talking about scooters and somebody whines about beach warning flags. I must be missing something, thought we had waringing flags. We also have 140 deputies, taking a few out of cars and putting on bikes sounds pretty good to me.

You cannot compare the cost of the bike officer to the cost of the car officer. A bike cop would be more efficient in a compact town center, but when our town is spread out linear, over 20 miles, you would have to hire more cops to patrol the same area if they are all on bikes, so the actual man-hours would end up costing more than the cost of the car. It takes too long for a cop to respond to an incident in WaterColor, if the cop is on a bicycle in the next neighborhood over, Grayton Beach, and by the time the cop would get there, he or she would be exhausted from the 3 mile sprint on a mountain bike.

You cannot compare the cost of the bike officer to the cost of the car officer. A bike cop would be more efficient in a compact town center, but when our town is spread out linear, over 20 miles, you would have to hire more cops to patrol the same area if they are all on bikes, so the actual man-hours would end up costing more than the cost of the car. It takes too long for a cop to respond to an incident in WaterColor, if the cop is on a bicycle in the next neighborhood over, Grayton Beach, and by the time the cop would get there, he or she would be exhausted from the 3 mile sprint on a mountain bike.

A better idea would be to establish a "Citizen's Bike Patrol." Issue out helmets, shirts, badges and a whisle--some people would do anything if it included a badge and a whisle.

those two sure do look soft and cuddly. there will be a few like this guy who will make the change on the timpoochee trail though.

no messing around.

That's officer Jim Dangle.

...this has the Mers wrotten* all over it!