Scooter Cargo

Coming from the States, and the mid-west at that, I've seen plenty of pick-up trucks hauling assloads of things: couches, mattresses, innumerable boxes and whatnot. Here, most of the population drives scooters and yet I see the same thing.

I've heard rumors of limits on what you can carry on your scooter, but I've never seen them enforced. I've seen men with huge propane tanks straped to either side of the scooter, families of four (or more) crammed into a seat, and possibily the best (and most disturbing) was a man with a baby in one hand and a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. I never saw him ash...

Yesterday, I saw a woman with a futon mattress folded in front of her, pushing her hips off the back of the scooter. I'm not actually sure she was even on the seat at all. Maybe she has incredible upper-body strength, but I'm not sure how she did it. And today, I saw a woman with a full-size dog on the seat behind her, precariously perched yet looking rather calm. Must be a hybrid of mountain goat and black lab.

Amazing.