Accidents and fatalities are more with motorcycles than other vehicles. Other vehicles and obstructions in the path of the motorcycles as well as riders’ errors are the cause of accidents. Brain damage and concussions caused from violent head injury are the major risk involved in motorcycle accidents. It is also common to find chin injuries. Wearing head protection gear which is as per approved standards can drastically reduce these injuries to the rider as well as the pillion rider. The other kinds of injuries that are commonly found are breakage of joints in elbows, shoulders, hips and wrists, knees, neck, spine and fingers. The most common amongst them are the [...]
2009-07-30 by moto | category: Electric tricycle | tags: accidents, communting, commute, motorcycle accidents, motorcycle safety, motorcycles, outdoors, recreation, scooters, sports, toys, traffic, transport, transportation | comment
The rate of accidents is higher in the case of motorcycles. The fatality rate is also higher with motorcycles. Most of the cases of accidents are when passenger vehicles are involved with motorcycles. Often it is found that many accidents are caused when other vehicles encroach into the path of motorcycles. The remaining accidents do not involve other vehicles. But rider error is the cause of such single vehicle accidents. These happen due to a variety of reasons such as slide-out, over-breaking, running wide or under-cornering on a curve at over speed. A few of the accidents do happen because of vehicle failure including a puncture flat. Roughly half the [...]
2009-07-17 by moto | category: Electric tricycle | tags: accidents, communting, commute, motorcycle accidents, motorcycle safety, motorcycles, outdoors, recreation, scooters, sports, toys, traffic, transport, transportation | comment
Scooters are classified under motorcycles. Scooters have step-through frame, protective leg shield, a footboard and generally comes with smaller wheels. Two wheel and three wheel scooters using electric motors instead of gasoline or petrol is called electric scooters. The electric scooter is an alternate to gasoline based scooter. They operate on battery motors. It is environmentally cleaner with reduced emissions. It is economical with lower energy cost. However, the electric scooters are slower in speed and run for a shorter distance before the next refill which in this case is a plug in. They come in a variety of models. Some models are less expensive than gas scooters.
As early [...]
2009-07-12 by moto | category: Electric tricycle | tags: automotive, communting, commute, motorcycles, outdoors, recreation, scooters, sports, toys, traffic, transport, transportation | comment
Motorcycle is a motor vehicle that is two-wheeled powered by an engine for long distance travel. Scooters, sport bikes, cruisers and mopeds fall under the category of motorcycle. Scooter is a motorcycle with basically protective leg shields. It is a personal transportation with low power of between 50 and 250 cc intended for smoother ride. Scooters are also cheaper vehicle amongst motorcycles and its maintenance cost is also lower. It weighs lesser, has large storage room and is more fuel-efficient.
Many urban cities face immense traffic problems from increased automobiles on the road and inadequate road infrastructure or inappropriate roads. It is indeed a dreadful for many to navigate through [...]
2009-06-25 by moto | category: Electric tricycle | tags: automotive, communting, commute, motorcycles, scooters, traffic, transport, transportation | comment
Two German inventors, Wilhelm Maybach and Gottlieb Daimler, developed the motorcycle in 1885. Motorcycle has since then become a very well-liked mode of transport. Motorcycles have become the preferred motor vehicle in a number of countries. Vietnam, China, India and Indonesia are known to have more motorcycles than other means of transport. Even in countries as the United States, the sales of motorcycles are increasing. The popularity of motorcycles over other means of transport has a number of valid reasons. The city traffic has become a nightmare with the traffic moving at a snail’s pace and prone to frequent traffic jams. It is easy for the motorcycles to squeeze its [...]
2009-06-18 by moto | category: Electric tricycle | tags: automotive, communting, commute, motorcycles, scooters, traffic, transport, transportation | comment