Electric Scooters

[PixelBurn]

What have peoples experience been with using Electric Scooters on the Playa. I'm recovering a broken arm and my playa bike is a too unstable.
I'll be camping on the grid, so power at my camp won't be a problem, but I was wondering if full charge is enough for an evening out. And has finding place while you are out and about to charge up a problem?

The Capt.

[unjonharley]

What have peoples experience been with using Electric Scooters on the Playa. I'm recovering a broken arm and my playa bike is a too unstable.
I'll be camping on the grid, so power at my camp won't be a problem, but I was wondering if full charge is enough for an evening out. And has finding place while you are out and about to charge up a problem?

The Capt.

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I use a cheap electric scooter for a disable ride. I fall over now and then. So I put training wheels on it. You wont need those?? I went to a sports store that sell trolling motors. The batteries are the same size as the scooters. I put a double throw double pull switch in line. So the I can run /charge eather set. Give you enough runing to have a little fun. I managed to get about two full charges off a car battery and inverter. Have much better set up this year. If you decide to go this way PM me. I'll help you with the wireing.

[unjonharley]

What have peoples experience been with using Electric Scooters on the Playa. I'm recovering a broken arm and my playa bike is a too unstable.
I'll be camping on the grid, so power at my camp won't be a problem, but I was wondering if full charge is enough for an evening out. And has finding place while you are out and about to charge up a problem?

The Capt.

~
I use a cheap electric scooter for a disable ride. I fall over now and then. So I put training wheels on it. You wont need those?? I went to a sports store that sell trolling motors. The batteries are the same size as the scooters. I put a double throw double pull switch in line. So the I can run /charge eather set. Give you enough runing to have a little fun. I managed to get about two full charges off a car battery and inverter. Have much better set up this year. If you decide to go this way PM me. I'll help you with the wireing.

[theCryptofishist]

There's some sort of rule (that I can never remember) about either seats or no seats being required on the scooters. Check on the main site, or maybe Koosh can tell you if she reads this. I do know that Technopatra, who ran this board for a year or so used a scooter on the playa because of a knee injury. YOu might also want to contact MrFixit who runs a camp that loans out wheelchairs for the diabled. (only a few hours at a time--more clientele than chairs) You might also want to use the search function to look up disabilty and or scooter.

[unjonharley]

There's some sort of rule (that I can never remember) about either seats or no seats being required on the scooters. Check on the main site, or maybe Koosh can tell you if she reads this. I do know that Technopatra, who ran this board for a year or so used a scooter on the playa because of a knee injury. YOu might also want to contact MrFixit who runs a camp that loans out wheelchairs for the diabled. (only a few hours at a time--more clientele than chairs) You might also want to use the search function to look up disabilty and or scooter.

~ oops, I forgot about the resiger thing for disable. If you bring a scooter just to give yourself a ride. It must be a stand up type. If you are disabled then preregister a scooter with a seat. The scooters at Mr Fixit are electric wheelchairs. In those cases the person is must likely profoundly disabled. For a broken arm on the mend you will more than likely be ask to walk instead of ride. Looks like you will have to walk this year. One wing on a stand up scooter would not work well. Keep trying K?

[mojo]

Scooters may be way more dangerous than your playa bike. My campmate "HE WHO SHALL REMAIN NAMELESS" seriously injured himself on my little electric scooter within the first 5 minutes of arrival at BRC a couple of years ago. Of course, the fact that he was already heavily celebrating our arrival on playa may have been a contributing factor.

[JRoyale]

There's some sort of rule (that I can never remember) about either seats or no seats being required on the scooters. Check on the main site, or maybe Koosh can tell you if she reads this. I do know that Technopatra, who ran this board for a year or so used a scooter on the playa because of a knee injury. YOu might also want to contact MrFixit who runs a camp that loans out wheelchairs for the diabled. (only a few hours at a time--more clientele than chairs) You might also want to use the search function to look up disabilty and or scooter.

The rule for scooters is, if it has motor and a seat, it needs a DMV license to operate at Burning Man. The DMV also hands out disable permits, but this year (because of abuse) is only giving permits to those with state placards.

JR

[theCryptofishist]

Good to get these things from a horse's mouth, instead of chatty fishys.

[thotkrime]

so just to confirm, battery operated stand-up scooters are allowed for all and dont need a permit?