Gas Prices Driving People Scooter Crazy!!!

Sorry I haven't updated in a while, I just had a baby girl last month, so it kind of threw off my posting schedule. In the last 3 weeks I've been getting lots of passive thumbs-ups and waves, but no real interactions until last night.

I was scooting home from class, and it was a little windy out so I was slowing down an SUV behind me, and he didn't seem to appreciate it too much. As soon as we hit a 4-lane stretch again, I jumped to the right lane, and the SUV moved left, and fast, cutting into my space a bit. Kind of scary, but no harm done. At the next light, a car that was further back behind the SUV pulled up between us, and the passenger very politely wanted to know about my scooter and how much it cost, and she complimented my vest quite a bit, which was very cool.

Then, they edged up a bit and the driver and passenger started yelling up at the SUV that he should be nicer to folks on scooters! I'm all for avoiding confrontation, but it was awesome that people could so completely understand where I'm coming from that they were wanting to defend a total stranger.

THEN, tonight on the way home, I had a regular stoplight chat with a guy in a Honda SUV, and he seemed very interested. The light turned green, so off we went. About 2 miles later, he pulled up next to me again with a pen and paper in hand and wanted to know the exact model I was riding and where he could get one!

All this, and I'm noticing more scoots on the road all the time.

I think we're getting somewhere here...