01-16-2011, 09:05 PM
I would not suggest going past Hilo and doing Hamakua Coast on one. I don't see that mentioned, so might not even be a question.
That highway moves a lot of traffic. People expect others to do the speed limit. There are many places with no shoulder whatsoever. I've never seen a moped doing it. Very occasionally there are bicyclists and it's really annoying.
That may sound lacking in aloha, but people have deadlines. Say I go over there for a doctor's appointment and get stuck behind a moped. I am late, they cancel an appointment I made two months ago and waited for, and they charge me a boatload of money. There are all kinds of consequences you can cause by slowing people down.
Personally I don't think it is OK to ride on a two-lane highway at sub-highway speeds if there is no shoulder. People will risk lives in order to pass you. Bad scene.
The way the pickup trucks drive Hwy 11 between Hilo and Kea'au is very aggressive. They scare me a little with the pushy way that they drive that road. I try to do the speed limit and not get a ticket, but they will about run me down, and I have a car that will go fast ... (but like I said I prefer not to get points and get my insurance raised).
Cannot imagine riding a moped along that stretch.
That highway moves a lot of traffic. People expect others to do the speed limit. There are many places with no shoulder whatsoever. I've never seen a moped doing it. Very occasionally there are bicyclists and it's really annoying.
That may sound lacking in aloha, but people have deadlines. Say I go over there for a doctor's appointment and get stuck behind a moped. I am late, they cancel an appointment I made two months ago and waited for, and they charge me a boatload of money. There are all kinds of consequences you can cause by slowing people down.
Personally I don't think it is OK to ride on a two-lane highway at sub-highway speeds if there is no shoulder. People will risk lives in order to pass you. Bad scene.
The way the pickup trucks drive Hwy 11 between Hilo and Kea'au is very aggressive. They scare me a little with the pushy way that they drive that road. I try to do the speed limit and not get a ticket, but they will about run me down, and I have a car that will go fast ... (but like I said I prefer not to get points and get my insurance raised).
Cannot imagine riding a moped along that stretch.