http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wi1r...layer_embedded

 

I thought the top speed for the average Moped, Honda 50, Scooter-bike, etc......, with a typical load and rider, was around 40-50 MPH (that's why many of them are not allowed on Interstate highways). He was clearly going faster then that, though...perhaps (?) from the aerodynamic/streamlining effect of his body lying prone and not upright into the wind.

Also, no helmet? Didn't look like he was wearing one. In most states, that's a no-no.

 

The video was done in Morocco.

No helmets required. Basically everything is done at risk.

And with no government regulations, I'm pretty sure that little moped has a bunch of things that would make it faster but also fail international emissions standards.

 

Thanks...I had some audio-problems with it and wasn't aware it was in North Africa. As you note, that explains the no-helmets. I doubt if it has emissions standards, either.

Nice-looking highway for a third-world country....especially one where, not too long ago, many people rode around on donkeys and camels.

 

lol, I'm glad some people are getting lessons on ROW.

Great vid, go speed racer!

 

Probably why the roads are so nice. I lack firsthand experience in this matter so I may be wrong but I don't think beasts of burden create many pot holes.

 

Probably more a matter of the warm, dry, semi-tropical desert climate and lack of snow and ice freezing/thawing on the roads. It also shows how rapidly some traditional desert-culture Arab/Bedouin countries have industrialized and turned to automobiles.