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From my vast personal photo archive of goofy mc/scooter stuff......

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Very efficient...but their crashes must be horrendous.
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Seen these before however they never get old !!

Thanks for the pic's.

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I think that's the first time I have seen a pic with SEVEN people on a scooter! Cripes!!!
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lol
Just noticed that none of the bikes in the pics have "flat" looking tyres??? what sort of PSI are they pumping them up to??/
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OH wow, that would be one horrific crash. (there are no accidents)
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Love the way the bloke riding in the third picture wears the helmet, not his daughter/mum/wife.

Well I guess we can't all be gentlemen 8)
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558 wrote:
Love the way the bloke riding in the third picture wears the helmet, not his daughter/mum/wife.
I got confused about that in Thailand until I got booked for not having a helmet on. It is law that the "driver" must wear a helmet, anyone else on the bike doesn't have to. The officer gave me a ticket then told me to ride 8km to the police station to pay the fine. I said that I couldn't because I didn't have a helmet but he insisted. I rode off, but I gave the fine paying excercice a miss..
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While initially we get a good laugh and poke fun while looking those pics, the serious part of it is how poor those people are in those countries that they have to rely on transportation that way. A crash would be horrendous for them. We don't realize how lucky we are in the good old USA.
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558 wrote:
Love the way the bloke riding in the third picture wears the helmet, not his daughter/mum/wife.

Well I guess we can't all be gentlemen 8)
was thinking the same thing. Hah!
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Ron wrote:
While initially we get a good laugh and poke fun while looking those pics, the serious part of it is how poor those people are in those countries that they have to rely on transportation that way. A crash would be horrendous for them. We don't realize how lucky we are in the good old USA.
I never thought of the photos as 'funny', interesting perhaps and a little amusing in some cases though they aren't meant to poke fun at anyone.

To me, they show that different societies have different priorities than others, and that their circumstances require practical 'solutions' to everyday problems that are questionable elsewhere.

And I most certainly do realize how lucky I am to be in the United States specifically, and the developed western world generally. I guess I don't understand the apparently automatic assumption that it is otherwise.

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Ron wrote:
While initially we get a good laugh and poke fun while looking those pics, the serious part of it is how poor those people are in those countries that they have to rely on transportation that way. A crash would be horrendous for them. We don't realize how lucky we are in the good old USA.
I never thought of the photos as 'funny', and they aren't meant to poke fun at anyone.

To me, they show that different societies have different priorities than others, and that their circumstances require practical 'solutions' to everyday problems that are questionable elsewhere.

And I most certainly do know how lucky I am to be in the United States.

This rock is full of wonderful diversity. It's what makes it interesting.
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This rock is full of wonderful diversity. It's what makes it interesting.
True, true..........but maybe we could send them a couple shiploads of little helmets anyway. Nerd emoticon

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1drunkparrot wrote:
This rock is full of wonderful diversity. It's what makes it interesting.
True, true..........but maybe we could send them a couple shiploads of little helmets anyway. Nerd emoticon

I think Tata has a better solution for these groups. (I know it's not the most enviromentally friendly car. I didn't say it was my solution)
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