| Transportation rant |
[Sep. 1st, 2007|01:24 am] |
| [ | I feel... |
| |  pissed off | ] |
Okay, so I've been doing some thinking, and talking to some people who own them... and I've gotten a decision: I would much rather have a motor scooter than an actual car. Here are the pros to owning a scooter rather than a car, as far as the owners say:
1) A driver's license is not required for a scooter because they're less than 50 cc.
2) You don't have to pay insurance.
3) They're really good for small-town traveling
4) The average maximum speed for a scooter is 40 mph. (which is basically why it's good for small town traveling)
5) You can park them on bike stands.
6) You don't have to fill it with gas as often as a car.
7) Scooters are way less expensive than a car. The minimum cost is $800-something.
...And I think that's it. Well, I decided to explain all this stuff to my mom, but she got really scared really quick at the idea of me riding a scooter without her supervision... she's known quite a few people who've gotten into some pretty bad motorcycle incidents... but it's a little different. Motorcycles are more dangerous than scooters, I think. Since I'm going pretty much nowhere with driving practice, it'd just be better to own a mode of transportation that's far less hassle than a car. More to the point, I am just EXTREMELY sick of having to walk/take the bus/take a cab everywhere I have to go. It's gotten really annoying. I mean, today, I had to wait a full hour for a cab to arrive so I could get to the Wal-Mart in Quebec Square because they misheard the pick-up address. And then when I needed to go back, I just got an earful of 'WE NEED A SPECIFIC PICK-UP ADDRESS WE NEED A SPECIFIC PICK-UP ADDRESS' which I seriously couldn't give them an answer for because I had no idea what it was, and at this particular point in time it is just... fucking annoying. Taxi service that mishear the pick-up/drop-off addresses (I swear to Kingdom Christ Come, there were a few drivers that left out numbers in the address to the student housing. They'd always try to drop me off at some condominium in a really creepy-ass area of town, and when I repeat the correct address to them in slow motion, they'd get all 'Why didn't you say so' on my ass), busses that take forever to get to the stop, and stop running at really inconvenient times, and walking... I know walking is good exercise, but... agh. I am seriously just sick and tired of relying on unreliable transportation services, and am seriously fucking DESPERATE for a personal mode of transportation, and the easiest one I can think of is a scooter. Mom respects that part, but she's too paranoid and would much rather I get my license just for driving in Kansas rather than acquire personal transportation for here in Denver that's low hassle and can actually take me where I need to go without having to either WAIT A WHOLE FUCKING HOUR FOR IT TO ARRIVE or SIT AT A BUS STOP THAT TAKES TOO LONG FOR THE RIGHT DAMN BUS TO COME ALONG!!! Goddamn!! I think I'm old enough to be able make my own decisions on what I really need right now, Mom. And what I really need right now is a reliable, easy mode of transportation so I can run my weekend errands without hassle. Like, seriously. I'm just fucking sick of Denver's sucky transit system. |
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