#76408 - 09/19/08 06:46 AM
Re: Renting scooters in french polynesia
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Patti.
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Guess I'll add mine to the list...also on Moorea. This past May one of the people staying at our hotel had a scooter accident. Got cut off by a car, near the bank in Maharepa...she ended up with a broken arm, and road rash on her face, arm, and leg. She had to fly the next day to Papeete for xrays, as the xray machine on Moorea wasn't working. They gave her no medication for her overnight wait. So her friend went asking around our hotel for drugs. Luckily someone had some to give her to help ease the pain. She was an experienecd rider. Had been to Moorea numerous times and had rented a scooter before.
It really can be very dangerous riding a scooter on Moorea. That's not to say you will for sure have an accident....obviously most people don't. But it's probably better to play it safe and rent a car to tour the island.
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#76409 - 09/19/08 08:45 AM
Re: Renting scooters in french polynesia
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Submarine
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So we go to Tahiti and swim with sharks but are afraid to rent scooters...Oh the irony! :-)
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#76412 - 09/19/08 09:04 AM
Re: Renting scooters in french polynesia
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Old Wife
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What are the stats for tourists being injured by sharks vs scooters, though. But I know what you mean, Sub.
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#76413 - 09/19/08 10:00 AM
Re: Renting scooters in french polynesia
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hamara
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Sub:
I was riding a BSA before you were born but it's not being afraid
it's being wise. The mechanical condition of some of the scooters
for rent isn't very good. I doubt if your jet skis
or motorcycle are nothing but in the best of mechanical condition.
I've never heard of someone dying in FP from a swim with the sharks but I personally have seen a local girl killed on a scooter.
It took over 15 minutes for medical help to arrive.
You should know there are only two fire stations on the whole island of Moorea. One in Pao Pao and one just past Tiki Village
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#76418 - 09/19/08 01:21 PM
Re: Renting scooters in french polynesia
[Re: hamara]
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Poehere
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Shark attacks per year: 2, (not mortal, either spear fishers or idiots doing stupid things during shark feeding...)
scooter accidents: 800
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#76440 - 09/19/08 09:53 PM
Re: Renting scooters in french polynesia
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vaitape
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Mauruuru for the interesting and attention-getting statistics Poehere.
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#76445 - 09/20/08 10:45 AM
Re: Renting scooters in french polynesia
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Submarine
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Where did you get those stats Poehere? I'd like to see more info.
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#76451 - 09/20/08 02:57 PM
Re: Renting scooters in french polynesia
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Poehere
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ok sent to you through your site, let me know if you need translation or would like other info
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#76521 - 09/23/08 01:43 AM
Re: Renting scooters in french polynesia
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MSciberras
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Loc: Malta Europe
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Hello!
We're gonna be in the Tahitian princess too In October!
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#76524 - 09/23/08 08:26 AM
Re: Renting scooters in french polynesia
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Submarine
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The second one with the driving stats didn't work Pohere, can you double check it?
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