DC police arrest 81 people, impound 273 vehicles in crackdown on mopeds, scooters

During a two-week operation last month, D.C. police impounded hundreds of scooters and mopeds in the city.

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The title makes it sound worse than it is. They’re targeting drivers without appropriate licensing, insurance and helmets, not arbitrarily.
- That was my first question; why? TY for answering it!
  
  You could've read the article?
I'm curious about the arrests, there isn't much to go on here. I used to live in a US state that required no licensing or insurance for mopeds so it seems good to enforce something like this. In that state, they were called liquor cycles...
- US state that required no licensing or insurance for mopeds
  
  What. The. Fuck. Here you can done for dui on a lawn mower if you’re silly enough to drive it on a public road. Which I’m completely fine with. Having random lunatics ride around on e scooter is dangerous as it is, mopeds is wild.
  
  I think they might be referring to the fact that they no longer have a valid license, so they opt to ride mopeds to go get the liquor.
I feel like requiring a drivers license for motor vehicles is ok.

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