NYPD To Road Test Electric Scooters

Another interesting article, thanks.

"Detective Derek Siconolfi, who will train riders, suggested the quiet engines also offer a side benefit: the element of surprise.

"You could easily sneak up on somebody if they don't expect it," he said."

We will need the proverbial "Eyes in the back of our heads", no doubt about it.

Some 50 years ago, where I was then usefully employed, an enterprising worker had modified one of the early Zundapp step-through scooters.

Removing the 2-stroke engine, fuel tank and the unnecessary parts, he replaced them with a 24volt lead-acid battery system, a specially hand-wound DC motor, and his own designed and manufactured speed controls.

He plugged it into a power socket in the workshop, and could at that time have a range of over 100 miles, on a single 8 hour charge.

The electricity was free, and no registration was required, because the electrical energy power-plant was exempt from all taxes, Warrants of Fitness, and Registration requirements.

I often wondered where that scooter went, after the owner had left this world....