alt Hacker NewsFor better or worse, probably worse, the definitions of both "moped" and "scooter" vary from person to person or jurisdiction to jurisdiction. "Moped" is often used to describe a light motorcycle.
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porknubbins • yesterday at 3:11 AM
Ive been riding scooters and motorcycles for 20 years and I to this day I have no clear image of what a moped might be. I always imagined a theoretical spectrum from pure bicycle -> gas motor equipped bicycle-> moped -> pure motorcycle, but have never encountered a moped.
prmoustache • last Saturday at 7:33 PM
Scooter do not have pedals, mopeds do, hence the name.
The Piaggio Vespa is a scooter. The Piaggio Ciao is a moped.
mulmen • last Saturday at 6:47 PM
No. Mopeds have pedals. That’s the “ped” part of motor pedal.
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Language changes. I guarantee if you ask 100 people to draw a moped, maybe 2 will put pedals on it.