ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Lil Bitta Pod - 18th August 2024

Episode Date: August 17, 2024

On today's Lil Bitta Pod, Shannon ponders a question about mopeds...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fleshborn and Hayley's Little Bitter Pod Welcome to A Little Bitter Pod Producer Shannon, you've got a question As a city dweller Yeah, new city dweller And I've got a question I see those delivery drivers on the mopeds You know how they have those big insulated boxes on the back?

Yeah, or they have the backpacks Yeah That's how you get your Uber Eats and your deliveries? Yeah I'm seeing lots of them walk through red lights so they drive on the street like they're a car but then when it's convenient they're a pedestrian is that allowed um oh i've said because i live in the city too and i see this all the time and i'm like every time i said i'm like like it kind of feels fair but also i feel like it's against the rules well vaughn you used to have a scooter for years you might not know this about vaughn he was a big scooter driver he got hit once on ponsonby road and people

drove around him because he was in the way hit once and i slid off on a wet road once and that's when people drove around me because it was raining and they didn't want to get wet yeah was it like a little moped one or like the suzuki was suzuki yeah 50cc was it like pastel blue and did you have that was maroon wasn't it it was maroon i remember that was zippy how much did that cost you to fill up like next to nothing god like back in the day it was like seven dollars i don't know if you should i know i couldn't see you on a no i don't know how to ride a bike and i feel like it's just an extension of that because you need a balance, and that's what I get confused about with the bikes.

Well, yeah, it's a powered bike. I'd avoid it at all costs if you can't ride an ordinary bike. But I would get up to a light, and if the light went red, but the pedestrian crossing going the same way went green, I'd just drive on the pedestrian crossing and then back on. But you wouldn't get off. No, see, that... No, I knew it was true. you wouldn't get off. No, that, see, that.

No, I knew it. I wouldn't get off. These are people as well that have scooters with license plates. Yes. That's why they're walking them. Yes. But I've always wondered that too, if that's legal. I'm going to Google.

Yeah. My favorite's when you order a big pizza, like from those chains that have the ones that are like half the size of a meter. And then they have to like strap it onto the back. Do you know what I'm saying? Can you push a scooter through lights? Well, it's you're walking it. So you're allowed to do that. It would be getting off.

I can't find anything. It's all e-scooter related. Can you push a moped? Yeah, I reckon it's a moped. Yeah, they call them mopeds. It's a boring name, moped. It doesn't quite cover exactly the thrilling ride that 50ccs will give you. I mean, you wouldn't get out of your car and push it through the lights, would you?

Oh, now you're talking. No. Is this a Shannon's Hacks? When you're at a red light. I mean, it could be. Turn to neutral. No, it you're talking. No. Is this a Shannon's hack? When you're at a red light. I mean, it could be. Turn to neutral. No, it's too big. You'd have to get over and go on the part that's the pedestrian crossing now.

Otherwise, why would I just scoot through? If it was a four-way intersection with anywhere anything goes, you just push your car through. I just drive through. Yeah, but you can't because it's a red light. But if you're going to get out and push your car through you just as likely you're more likely to get hit because you're mucking around in the middle no but you'd push it through in time you just wait otherwise you get yourself

in trouble i think i can't find anything about this well it seems like we've found a big legal loophole is this your best shit and and Take ever? How many stars? More of a legal. Wow, it sounds like a dangerous legal loophole. But why are they in such a hurry? How long are they going to have to wait at these lights? Because the quicker they drop your food off, the quicker they can get back and get another order.

They should just balls up and scoot through it. No, because they've got license plates. Oh, the cameras that'll catch you. Some of them do if they're e-bikes, because a lot of them are e-bikes, and they don't got license plates. Oh, they're cameras that'll catch you. Some of them do if they're e-bikes because a lot of them are e-bikes and they don't have license plates. So they just go through the lights. But yeah, I see this all the time too.

I've never even thought about it. I just go, good on you. I do the same. But yeah, I didn't even know if legally you can. And I like it because it means I get my food when it's hot. Yeah, exactly. You get your food faster. So win-win.

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