Originally Posted by
Reynolds
IIRC some mopeds were real motorcycles, pedals were there only for legal purposes - lower taxes.
It's interesting that classes of small motorized vehicles have come to be defined by regulations that differ from one locale to another, making it hard to generalize about those terms. So a scooter could be defined by its tax free status, license free status, etc.
A relative of mine works at a university, and got a scooter because he can park it near his building without paying for a parking sticker. Meanwhile, the university near my house just changed their parking rules, so a scooter has to pay for a sticker and park in special scooter zones -- the number of scooters dropped drastically and the number of bicycles went up.