European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine mama will the min Motorbike be the next big Buzz by Paul Treuthardt associated Pratt the curious gallic hybrid of a bicycle with a baby born in the austerity of the Marshall Pian have Given Independence to youth and mobility to workers in Europe since world by their Buzz a familiar in european to he sound drills through the Countryside an kids ride Home from a dance in the next Village or banners head out to the Fields at americans Are discovering the Virtues of the vehicle thai sips Only a gallon of Gas every 100 Miles or so and is easy not Only on the but on the envy the pkg Muscles and us nerves during Rush hour traffic says Jean Secretary general of Golobe Frances Lurt test theres a lol More talk about moped than there Are mopeds on the roads in the United states sales last year were Only about but Chase re la we expect Lota Industry salts of units there this that in the 31 states which have passed Laws favourable to the the department of transportation is ii forecasts three million mopeds on Roadway by about 30 manufacturers Are vying for the the biggest Are which pioneered the moped to and expects to Supply on fourth of those sold in America this year Meyer Daimler puch of Austria and Ratavus of the Lone manufacturer la co of moped l a strengthened bicycle pow ered by a motor about on filth the die of a Cylinder of an and it usually i a recent new York court decision its a moped if it goes no faster than 17 Miles per a motorcycle if it goes Europe is generally More allowing up to 2530 for mopeds and about 18 far their even put putt Motorbike France has the most mopeds in about six followed by Italy three million and Hollands two the popularity of the moped stems from its Economy and the Lack of restrictions on the pm moped Laws passed in 31 slates thus half require no vehicle Regis Many dont require a Drivers and none requires crash helmets or liability but As Accident rates increase in crash Hel mets Are expected to become compulsory soon in France and and already in the states there is senti ment to make the Laws More stringent and moped sales Rose markedly in Europe in but Qia Sanel strongly opposes the idea that the Oil crisis was we always say we believe the increase was because of interest in the Basic qualities of the vehicle we were shown to be right when deliveries dropped Buck in 187576 at the height of the economic and also because Laws making crash helmets compulsory darted caning in he dotted he it is still too Loon la from Paris with at 100 Miles to the Sny 11 moped have become we need to see Haw sales but president Carters Energy program might across the youth Market dominates moped transport As Well As but in More and More White Collar workers Are seen weaving through Dease Rush hour traffic on in Many european countries the Legal Speed limit for mopeds is 30 Kilometres about 20 Miles per mopeds Are supposed to be built not to exceed that but its a a misted youngster who cant make minor adjustments to leave the Speed limit in the where hat terrain lends itself to the Little bikes Are second Only to the car As the most Papular form of motor and in there were mopeds at the end of 197s for a Popula Tion of a Little Over five but swedish authorities say the number of mopeds dropped from in the Early 1960s to around they attribute it mainly to the fact that mopeds have developed from being bicycles with auxiliary motors into baby an thus become More sex mopeds Are popular in the poorer areas of Southern particularly with construction and farm in the Energy crisis brought a Brief switch from larger to smaller but no significant change in sales of the Lon popular if people Are turning from cars to it usually is because of traffic and parking the Swiss the outstanding problem of the is the vulnerability of the rider in last year in people were killed on compared with Soi on larger the French government is promoting special moped like bicycle for Urban in with Mare than mopeds in there were 121 fatalities in Low compared with France but still a Rise of 36 per cent Over the British ministry of transport says moped riders Ore not entirely to time and 11 me again car Drivers nay in but i just didst a minis try spokesman getting ahead in hectic Paris traffic americans Are showing growing interest in August 1977 the stars and stripes Page 13