Four-Wheeled Scooter Pushes Limits Of Law With City And State

In keeping with the resort’s continuing demand for scooters and scooter-based vehicles, a local sports shop appeared before the City Council this week to push for the town’s approval of a new four-wheeled “Scoot Coupe Buggy” – even going so far as to offer test rides in the City Hall parking lot.

But town leaders say the go-ahead for the vehicle is not up to them, and the scooter will remain un-rented for the time being.

Waterways Marina owner Ron Croker told officials Monday night that the vehicle was designed to increase safety for recreational renters who may not be used to driving on two wheels.

“They’re much more familiar to someone who drives a car than are two- or three-wheeled vehicles,” Croker said. “The learning curve is pretty much zero.”
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