Moped/scooter registration. Yes. Register your scooter. Oh yeah, helmet too. Ooops, insurance also.

Starting July 1^st, 2012, it will be mandatory to register and insure your scooter/moped AND wear a helmet while you operate it on public roadways. Nevada Assembly Bill 508 passed in May 2011, sealing the fate of all those who opted for the miserly, fuel sipping forms of transportation (100 mpg, plus or minus).

Sooo, all of you that bought the gas-saving vehicles (yes, vehicles per NRS 482.075) that thought you didn’t require registration (soon to be $33.00) or insurance (insurance companies are salivating over this, I’m sure) and didn’t need to wear a helmet, will now be required to get all that or be guilty of a misdemeanor.

I’m wondering what you will be getting for your $33.00.   All those fees, taxes usually associated with a regular registration and I’m sure you will still not be able to take it on the freeways. You will be getting a license plate.  Hmmm, wondering about that whole license plate light thing.  Geez, I don’t think they are manufactured with a license plate bracket.  Hey, Pep Boys…

I can only imagine the insurance companies trying to figure out the premiums.  “Do you have an alarm system?”, “How about a premium stereo system?”, “Custom wheels?”, “Airbags?”, “How much medical do you want?” 

On average, most pay less than $1,000.00 for a scooter/moped without “modifications”, so the costs should be minimal. But, if you are one of those that purchased the vehicle because of other previous driving indiscretions with four wheels or larger two wheel cycles, may have issues with getting a reasonable rate for insurance.  Insurance company’s memory rivals that of elephants.

For years, there has been a “gray” area regarding scooters and mopeds.

Depending on whom you asked, you may have been advised that a scooter, which is the rounded, powered, two-wheeled conveyance of choice or the moped, which resembles a bicycle with a motor did or didn’t require registration or a helmet. 

There was always some disagreement with the court system and Department of Motor Vehicles about the classification of these vehicles.  Several judges would routinely throw out the citations issued to violators of the driver’s license statute requiring licenses for operating a motor vehicle (self-propelled vehicles) due to the 50cc restriction on the motors which were always listed as 49cc and not capable of speeds in excess of 30 mph.  The basis of the dismissal was the interpretation that anything under 50cc didn’t qualify as a “vehicle”. Yet the law clearly defines a motor vehicle as self-propelled, with no limitations on motor size or type (e.g. electric).

The helmet thing I don’t have a problem with.

I’ve investigated several accident scenes where a helmet could’ve saved a life.  Instead of having your head cracked open, you’d end up with a headache.  Or missing a patch of hair (hey Hair Club) because your noggin skidded along the asphalt versus scuffing the paint off of your helmet.  How about those facial piercings?  They might as well be mini-asphalt anchors once you get nudged off your steed, doing wonders to moving your eyebrows to just below your chin.

Really?  For less than $50.00, you could possibly save yourself a $700.00 ambulance ride, minimum $1,000.00 emergency/trauma room visit, and Lord knows what the doc is charging you to stitch you up and the subsequent doctor’s visits and therapy.

I do recommend anyone that rides any type of two wheeled conveyance to have, at least, a helmet and gloves.  Minimum investment.  Definitely worth it when you fall down.

And yes, you need a license to operate the thing.  Any driver’s license will work and they do have a moped classification for a license.

So get ready.  You have a year to prepare.  Get your affairs in order.  If you have driver’s license issues, get them fixed.  A driver’s license violation can cost into the thousands, depending on the violation or if you’re involved in an accident (an enhancement, usually doubling the fine, whether you are at fault or not).

Make peace with your insurance company.

Find a reasonable helmet, not a plastic shell replica of a World War I helmet.

And find a license plate bracket for the back of your ride, probably with a built-in light.  Law requires that the plate be firmly affixed to your vehicle, not tied on with strings or bent-up wire.

Oh, and a nice pair of glasses to keep the bugs/rocks/dust/debris/etc., etc. out of your eyes doesn’t hurt either.

Happy Trails!

Penis envy?

I really was having second thoughts about this story.

Especially when the story circulated around our group of friends and I watched the reaction (mostly from the males in the group) which, based on the expressions, was one of extreme pain and knee clenching.

In Westminister, CA, a woman was charged with cutting off her husband’s penis with a 10 inch kitchen knife (read).

A 10 inch kitchen knife?

Must’ve needed some visual appeal during the act, like a sushi chef.  I wonder if she clanged it against the bed posts and flipped it around after cutting it off, maybe flipping it into a colander before dumping it down the garbage disposal and turning it on.  I could only imagine the show at the sink. I also wonder if the bedroom is within eyeshot of the kitchen and the sink.

 

Story has it that she drugged his food. He felt ill and went to bed to lie down.  He woke up to find himself tied down to the bed when she attacked him.

She must’ve used the same type of chains that shackled her in jail when she tied him down, because I’m sure that if there's a hidden, superhuman power that surfaces when the need arises (sorry), it should’ve kicked in and he would’ve snapped almost any bonds holding him down when he saw her approaching with that knife.

And then there's the flourish she used to end the show. I’m sure she remembers the John Bobbitt story and how they were able to sew it back on.  The garbage disposal solved that remedy.

She then called police and advised them of a medical emergency.  Really? 

I would love to have heard that call.

“911 operator.  What’s your emergency?”.

“Uhmmm, my husband’s hurt”. (Screaming in background)

“How is he hurt, ma’am?”.

“Uhmmm, he’s bleeding”. (Screaming in background)

“Why is he bleeding?”

“Uhmmmmm, he deserved it”. (Screaming in background)

“Ooookay. Does he need medical?”

“Uhmmm, yeah. And a locksmith”. (Screaming in background, “And a plumber!!!!”)

“A locksmith?”.

“Yeah, for the chains”. (Screaming in background, “PLUMBERRRR!!!”)

“Ooooookay.  I’m sending medical and an officer. Maybe a couple of them”.

When officers arrived, she told them “he deserved it” before showing them his profusely (really?) bleeding body.  She refused to speak to officers afterwards, obviously engaging her right to remain silent (screaming in background). And at that point, I'm sure they would have advised her with vigor and sincerity that she had the right to remain so.

The victim was transported to the hospital and suffered through surgery, and I’m sure some “Kodak” moments while under anesthesia (for research of course).

The local newspaper called and asked for an interview from the victim.  His only response was a squeaky “it’s a private matter”, apparently forgetting that the private part was long gone.

When officers visited him at the hospital, they stated he was in “amazingly good spirits considering everything he has gone through”.  Uh huh.

The fact that he had any spirits at all would be remarkable indeed. 

Maybe he fibbed a bit about his “manhood” when talking to the reconstructive surgeon?

150 hours of Broadcasting and it is not getting easier!

“150 hours of Broadcast and it is NOT getting easier” according to Singer, although the slurring provided when delivering his quote was humorous to the on location fans. “Yes, I wish the next 24 hours were already over, but, this is really the beginning”.

Dave Robbins

VegasNewsReview.com is the brain-child of Owner/Publisher and Investigative Reporter Dave Robbins. The “We believe in Dave” Marathon was the brain-child of the now nearly brainless Rick Singer, editor of VNR.

Ella Roberts

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VegasNewsReview.com, according to Robbins “is to provide a service to the Las Vegas community by offering an independent NEWS resource uncompromised and diligent to both the community’s right to know and to know the truth”. Robbins further went on to state; “I believe in Community informed Journalism that has been sorely lacking in this community for a long time. Just the recent simple announcement that the RJ would cut all 12 of their investigative reporters demonstrates the perception of the current Media Moguls lack of concern towards providing real reporting”. “They don’t give a damn about anything that doesn’t put major dollars in their pockets. Well, I live in this community – and I do give a damn”! This is only the beginning.

Want to come to the Record Breaking “Victory Party”?

Yes, you are invited!

Come meet VNR’ s Dave Robbins, Dirk Thomas, Ella Roberts and the exhausted Rick Singer, plus all the Friends, Supporters and Staffers , on July 4^th at 8:30pm (only 30 minutes following the record breaking moment) at  Joey’s Tavern, Located at Craig Rd and I-95 in the Albertson’s Plaza.

With only 24+ hours to GO, We want to see you there!  

WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT in Las Vegas TO BREAK LONGEST SINGLE BROADCAST

Rick and Dirk - Editors of Vegas News Review

VegasNewsReview.com Editor Rick Singer will attempt to break the World's Record of the longest single broadcast of 178 hours (7.5 days). The LIVE broadcast will be transmitted via Ustream.com (an online TV broadcast system) and on the home page of VegasNewsReview.com beginning at 10:00am PT, Monday June 27^th, 2011. This event entitled

“We Believe in Dave Robbins”

(Watch Live Now!)

is the launch of the website VegasNewsReview.com featuring Independent Investigative Reporter Dave Robbins.

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