I’m visiting Italy and floored by the number of mopeds. Found the same thing in Vietnam. Having spent time in New York, Chicago, St Louis, Seattle, Miami and lots in Orlando, I’ve never seen anything like this in the USA. Is there a cultural reason or economic reason the USA prefers motorcycles over mopeds?
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I’ll add something tangentially related.
I live in Southern California, and I ride a motorcycle as a secondary vehicle. In the U.S., we have powerful motorcycles that are (at least) as powerful as normal cars, most of which are on par with performance cars. Even still, motorcycles are a relatively very dangerous method of transportation and are almost exclusively used as a luxury toy.
I’m still weary of other traffic when I ride because I have literally nothing separating me from the road if something goes wrong short of basic riding gear.
There’s not a chance in hell I’m going to go anywhere near a public road on a motorcycle adjacent vehicle that has 7 horsepower. Mopeds just aren’t powerful enough to deal with the fact that our roads are massive, generally clear of obstacles, and filled with extremely overpowered, overweight vehicles driven by people that shouldn’t be legally allowed to drive a bicycle on public roads.
That’s a big one for people.
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