Do you like to ride a scooter? If not, have you considered the cost of fuel for that SUV? Some people think that scooters are not safe and while that is true to some extent the reasoning behind this is that people don’t look for them while driving but there is safety in numbers and the more scooters in your city the safer they turn.

To increase the use of scooters, it would be wise to start a scooter club and get some local publicity. You will first need to decide what level you want your club to be at. Making a formal club is an option and makes things more concrete and stable. First, you need to establish bylaws and form a legal entity and maybe you could also form a preliminary committee. You will need to determine your mission statement along with your goals and objectives. Maybe you want:

• can fuel
• Get people out of their SUVs
• have fun
• promote safety
• raise money for charity
• A club for meetings and dates

Perhaps you could consider a tax strategy for nonprofit status and will need to create liability release forms and determine a low-cost club membership fee structure. Creating a club like this in your city can have many advantages. Think of capitalizing on economies of scale, for example;

1. Calculate the special fuel price and give public relations to that station
2. Recruit Certified Scooter Mechanics
3. Negotiate special rates
4. Develop a working relationship with all scooter shops
5. safety instruction
6. Free course from a local traffic school
7. Recruit local police talent for group talks
8. Negotiate rental rates for non-scooter owners
9. Calculate price discounts for destination locations

You can also plan fundraisers and gatherings and donate the money to worthy local charities or maybe a scholarship as well. Your club can meet at local coffee shops and discuss many topics. If you want to further your goals, why not raise the status of clubs with accredited members and have them join various decision-making groups in the city?

• Member to sit on the Mayor’s Roundtable
• Member of the Transportation Committee of the Chamber of Commerce
• Member of the Neighborhood Watch Board as a mobile group
• Parks and Recreation Board Member

You may want to have certain roads wider and better paved and therefore could help local candidates who strongly believe in road safety for their city. In order to maintain your high status in the community you will need some rules for club members and maybe you can write this down in a

Two-page pledge from each member;

1. Obey all traffic laws
2. Drive responsibly and defensively
3. Be an example of a good citizen
4. Keep safety items on the scooter

Additionally, a scooter club can become the eyes and ears of the community and help curb crime by reporting criminal activity via cell phone. Things like; Hit and Runs, Robbery or the occasional Drug Deal. It is critical that you only allow upstanding citizens to join you and ensure they are safe by doing a scooter proficiency check and allowing the club to vote for new members before joining, perhaps an 85% approval vote.

A senior member may meet a potential new member at a coffee shop and ride with them to make sure they are safe and to make sure the new member can explain and understand the traffic laws to them, as well as make sure they are safe. Maintenance of Civil Liability Insurance. They might even distribute AAA forms and maps to help new members. Why don’t you start a scooter club in your city today?