February 19, 2018
Oregon
Progressive Party
Position on Bill at 2018
Session of Oregon Legislature:
SB 1532A: Support
The Oregon Progressive
Party supports SB 1532A, which modifies the definition of "motor
assisted scooter" to include vehicles with 4 wheels and removes the requirement that
the scooter have "handlebars."
We filed testimony with the Senate Business and Transportation
Committee, but for some reason it is not posted in OLIS.
Ultimately, the avoidance of catastrophic climate change will depend
upon using more efficient means of transportation. Electric
scooters are about 50 times more efficient than conventional cars for
moving one person. Barriers to their adoption should be
removed. Some scooters use 4 wheels to provide greater
stability. There are many makes and models available, as shown by
a few pictures below.
Some perfectly good scooters do
not have handlebars, such as the Segway Mini products (one pictured
below), which are steered by the rider's knees. Other scooters
have steering wheels instead of handlebars.
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