Scooters are every Italian's life particularly in Rome, and the cities. A friend and I are planning a trip to Rome, primarily for the coffee.
Were we stupid enough to risk the roman traffic, which tbh we won't be, could we legally use scooters. This site:
http://www.scooterhire.it/cat.asp?Cat=1
states we don't need a licence. We are both over 14 and neither of us have a drivers licence. I trust the scooter hire people have it under control, but this site says a new law came in just over a year ago requiring a test in road safety:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english...ent_344897.htm
As the hire site says they can give a quick lesson, is that the learning for the test.... I doubt it! Did that law go out or what?
We can also use them in ZTLs (restricted traffic - pedestrians & two wheeled vechiles).
Links:
http://www.romebuddy.com/loves/scooters.html (scooters & the romans)
http://wikitravel.org/en/Rome (useful for all the free sites and transport)
http://www.iscootny.com/scoot_faq.htm (scooter FAQs)
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article315120.ece (lol)
Matt


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