winnipegsun.com – Business – More ‘Peggers riding scooters: “The scooter was the answer to rising fuel prices and bombed out roads in postwar Italy in 1946.
For the same reasons, the trend is catching on in Winnipeg. In fact, the number of licensed scooters in Winnipeg has doubled in the last three years.
‘There are about 1,400 out there right now,’ said Manitoba Public Insurance spokesman Brian Smiley.
The rising popularity of the motorized two-wheeler has changed the look of the showroom at Brent McNaught Automotive Centre, a car dealership on Portage Avenue.”
Thu, Apr 6, 2006
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