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Interesting. I didn't know that. I grew up with a couple of friends who had "mopeds," in the older definition of the word, which is broken into Mo (motorized) - ped (pedals), and they all had pedals which were used to start the engine (saved the weight of an alternator, battery, and starter on the light weight frames). I never in my life, heard another brand name associated with the mopeds. They all looked almost identical. Maybe they were the same brand, but everyone called them Mopeds.
Today's shift of the definition is really wierd in my opinion, because I have not found one example of a scooter with pedals being sold in the USA.
Today's shift of the definition is really wierd in my opinion, because I have not found one example of a scooter with pedals being sold in the USA.
MOPEDS.....Registration, title, tags. Banned on interstates and limited access roads. Pedals, automatic trans., 50cc, 2BHP, 30 mph, insurance required. No inspection, no license. Law has been amended to remove peds from legal motor vehicle category for some issues.
Here is the amendment if you are really into law..
YAWN
there us a fine line between scooter and moped as mentioned by you SJ and NH..... it is quite discombobulating here in Ok. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2001, Section 1-104, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 521, O.S.L. 2004 (47 O.S. Supp. 2005, Section 1-104), is amended to read as follows:
Section 1-104. Bicycle, Electric-assisted Bicycle, and Motorized Bicycle.
A. A bicycle is any a device upon which any person or persons may ride, propelled solely by human power upon which any person or persons may ride, having a seat or saddle for the use of each rider and:
1. On a bicycle, two tandem wheels, either of which is twenty (20) inches or more in diameter;
2. On a tricycle, three wheels in any configuration, of which at least one is twenty (20) inches or more in diameter; or
3. On a quadcycle, four wheels in any configuration, of which at least two are twenty (20) inches or more in diameter.
The wheel diameter provisions of this subsection shall not apply to recumbent bicycles through a belt, chain, or gears, and having two or more wheels, excluding mopeds.
B. An electric-assisted bicycle is any bicycle with:
1. Two or three wheels; and
2. Fully operative pedals for human propulsion and equipped with an electric motor:
a. with a power output not to exceed one thousand (1,000) watts,
b. incapable of propelling the device at a speed of more than twenty (20) miles per hour on level ground, and
c. incapable of further increasing the speed of the device when human power alone is used to propel the device at a speed of twenty (20) miles per hour or more.
An electric-assisted bicycle shall meet the requirements of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards as set forth in federal regulations and shall operate in such a manner that the electric motor disengages or ceases to function when the brakes are applied.
C. A motorized bicycle is any bicycle having:
1. Fully operative pedals for propulsion by human power;
2. An automatic transmission; and
3. A combustion engine with a piston or rotor displacement of fifty cubic centimeters (50 cu cm) or less, regardless of the number of chambers in the engine, which is capable of propelling the bicycle at a maximum design speed of not more than thirty (30) miles per hour on level ground.
D. As used in this title, the term "bicycle" shall include tricycles, quadcycles, or similar human-powered devices, electric-assisted bicycles, and motorized bicycles unless otherwise specifically indicated.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2001, Section 11-1205, as last amended by Section 15, Chapter 521, O.S.L. 2004 (47 O.S. Supp. 2005, Section 11-1205), is amended to read as follows:
Section 11-1205. A. Every person operating a bicycle or motorized scooter upon a roadway at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing shall ride as near close as practicable is safe to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, except under any of the following situations:
1. When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction;
2. When preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway;
3. When reasonably necessary to avoid conditions and while exercising due care, including but not limited to:
a. fixed or moving objects,
b. parked or moving vehicles,
c. pedestrians or animals,
d. surface hazards, or
e. any time it is unsafe to continue along the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway; and
4. When riding in the right-turn-only lane.
B. Any person riding a bicycle or motorized scooter upon a one-way street or highway with two or more marked lanes of travel may ride as near close as practicable is safe to the left-hand curb or edge of the street or highway.
C. No person operating a bicycle or motorized scooter shall pass other vehicles between lanes of traffic traveling in the same direction.
D. Persons riding bicycles or motorized scooters upon a roadway shall not ride more than two abreast except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles or motorized scooters. Persons riding two abreast shall not impede the normal and reasonable flow of traffic and, on a laned roadway, shall ridge ride within a single lane.
E. Wherever a usable path for bicycles or motorized scooters has been provided adjacent to a roadway, bicycle or motorized scooter riders shall use the path and shall not use the roadway if required by local, municipal or county ordinances.
SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-1208 of Title 47, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. When overtaking and passing a bicycle proceeding in the same direction, a person driving a motor vehicle shall exercise due care by leaving a safe distance between the motor vehicle and the bicycle of not less than three (3) feet until the motor vehicle is safely past the overtaken bicycle.
B. If a person violates the provisions of subsection A of this section and the violation results in a collision causing serious physical injury to another person, the person shall be subject to a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
C. If a person violates the provisions of subsection A of this section and the violation results in the death of another person, the person shall be subject to a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), in addition to any other penalties prescribed by law.
SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2001, Section 751, as last amended by Section 2, Chapter 189, O.S.L. 2005 (47 O.S. Supp. 2005, Section 751), is amended to read as follows:
Section 751. A. 1. Any person who operates a motor vehicle upon the public roads, highways, streets, turnpikes or other public place or upon any private road, street, alley or lane which provides access to one or more single or multi-family dwellings within this state shall be deemed to have given consent to a test or tests of such person’s blood or breath, for the purpose of determining the alcohol concentration as defined in Section 756 of this title, and such person’s blood, saliva or urine for determining the presence and or concentration of any other intoxicating substance therein as defined in this section, if arrested for any offense arising out of acts alleged to have been committed while the person was operating or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon the public roads, highways, streets, turnpikes or other public place or upon any private road, street, alley or lane which provides access to one or more single or multi-family dwellings while under the influence of alcohol or other intoxicating substance, or the combined influence of alcohol and any other intoxicating substance, or if the person is involved in a traffic accident that resulted in the immediate death or serious injury of any person and is removed from the scene of the accident to a hospital or other health care facility outside the State of Oklahoma before a law enforcement officer can effect an arrest.
2. A law enforcement officer, having reasonable grounds to believe that such
IN CLOSING; SAVE A HORSE; RIDE A COWBOY!!!!!!
Here is the amendment if you are really into law..
YAWN
there us a fine line between scooter and moped as mentioned by you SJ and NH..... it is quite discombobulating here in Ok. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2001, Section 1-104, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 521, O.S.L. 2004 (47 O.S. Supp. 2005, Section 1-104), is amended to read as follows:
Section 1-104. Bicycle, Electric-assisted Bicycle, and Motorized Bicycle.
A. A bicycle is any a device upon which any person or persons may ride, propelled solely by human power upon which any person or persons may ride, having a seat or saddle for the use of each rider and:
1. On a bicycle, two tandem wheels, either of which is twenty (20) inches or more in diameter;
2. On a tricycle, three wheels in any configuration, of which at least one is twenty (20) inches or more in diameter; or
3. On a quadcycle, four wheels in any configuration, of which at least two are twenty (20) inches or more in diameter.
The wheel diameter provisions of this subsection shall not apply to recumbent bicycles through a belt, chain, or gears, and having two or more wheels, excluding mopeds.
B. An electric-assisted bicycle is any bicycle with:
1. Two or three wheels; and
2. Fully operative pedals for human propulsion and equipped with an electric motor:
a. with a power output not to exceed one thousand (1,000) watts,
b. incapable of propelling the device at a speed of more than twenty (20) miles per hour on level ground, and
c. incapable of further increasing the speed of the device when human power alone is used to propel the device at a speed of twenty (20) miles per hour or more.
An electric-assisted bicycle shall meet the requirements of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards as set forth in federal regulations and shall operate in such a manner that the electric motor disengages or ceases to function when the brakes are applied.
C. A motorized bicycle is any bicycle having:
1. Fully operative pedals for propulsion by human power;
2. An automatic transmission; and
3. A combustion engine with a piston or rotor displacement of fifty cubic centimeters (50 cu cm) or less, regardless of the number of chambers in the engine, which is capable of propelling the bicycle at a maximum design speed of not more than thirty (30) miles per hour on level ground.
D. As used in this title, the term "bicycle" shall include tricycles, quadcycles, or similar human-powered devices, electric-assisted bicycles, and motorized bicycles unless otherwise specifically indicated.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2001, Section 11-1205, as last amended by Section 15, Chapter 521, O.S.L. 2004 (47 O.S. Supp. 2005, Section 11-1205), is amended to read as follows:
Section 11-1205. A. Every person operating a bicycle or motorized scooter upon a roadway at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing shall ride as near close as practicable is safe to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, except under any of the following situations:
1. When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction;
2. When preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway;
3. When reasonably necessary to avoid conditions and while exercising due care, including but not limited to:
a. fixed or moving objects,
b. parked or moving vehicles,
c. pedestrians or animals,
d. surface hazards, or
e. any time it is unsafe to continue along the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway; and
4. When riding in the right-turn-only lane.
B. Any person riding a bicycle or motorized scooter upon a one-way street or highway with two or more marked lanes of travel may ride as near close as practicable is safe to the left-hand curb or edge of the street or highway.
C. No person operating a bicycle or motorized scooter shall pass other vehicles between lanes of traffic traveling in the same direction.
D. Persons riding bicycles or motorized scooters upon a roadway shall not ride more than two abreast except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles or motorized scooters. Persons riding two abreast shall not impede the normal and reasonable flow of traffic and, on a laned roadway, shall ridge ride within a single lane.
E. Wherever a usable path for bicycles or motorized scooters has been provided adjacent to a roadway, bicycle or motorized scooter riders shall use the path and shall not use the roadway if required by local, municipal or county ordinances.
SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-1208 of Title 47, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. When overtaking and passing a bicycle proceeding in the same direction, a person driving a motor vehicle shall exercise due care by leaving a safe distance between the motor vehicle and the bicycle of not less than three (3) feet until the motor vehicle is safely past the overtaken bicycle.
B. If a person violates the provisions of subsection A of this section and the violation results in a collision causing serious physical injury to another person, the person shall be subject to a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
C. If a person violates the provisions of subsection A of this section and the violation results in the death of another person, the person shall be subject to a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), in addition to any other penalties prescribed by law.
SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2001, Section 751, as last amended by Section 2, Chapter 189, O.S.L. 2005 (47 O.S. Supp. 2005, Section 751), is amended to read as follows:
Section 751. A. 1. Any person who operates a motor vehicle upon the public roads, highways, streets, turnpikes or other public place or upon any private road, street, alley or lane which provides access to one or more single or multi-family dwellings within this state shall be deemed to have given consent to a test or tests of such person’s blood or breath, for the purpose of determining the alcohol concentration as defined in Section 756 of this title, and such person’s blood, saliva or urine for determining the presence and or concentration of any other intoxicating substance therein as defined in this section, if arrested for any offense arising out of acts alleged to have been committed while the person was operating or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon the public roads, highways, streets, turnpikes or other public place or upon any private road, street, alley or lane which provides access to one or more single or multi-family dwellings while under the influence of alcohol or other intoxicating substance, or the combined influence of alcohol and any other intoxicating substance, or if the person is involved in a traffic accident that resulted in the immediate death or serious injury of any person and is removed from the scene of the accident to a hospital or other health care facility outside the State of Oklahoma before a law enforcement officer can effect an arrest.
2. A law enforcement officer, having reasonable grounds to believe that such
IN CLOSING; SAVE A HORSE; RIDE A COWBOY!!!!!!
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...how 'bout dem Rangers? That looked like a football score! I sure hope that's not all the bat they've got this year! 
Saved; by the KITTY now, uh, whatt season is it?
now, uh, whatt season is it?
I don't really keep up--but I heard this on TV in the wee hours of the morning...I thought I was dreaming!
Wow, Biff--that was REALLY long! ;-)
You rock, cop.
You rock, cop.
Biff baby...you need a SoWal infusion....STAT!!!!!
