Bad and Worse Scooterists

There are bad and there are worse Scooterists. Pizza deliverists, those undertaking nutters on a mission, are generally at the latter end of the spectrum. But (at least when they have Pepperoni on board), they are in effect transporting organs so deserve our respect and have their right of way.

These guys are a breed apart, the Highway Code may as well be one of the Tales of Narnia as far as they are concerned: pure fantasy... They are apparently exempt from traffic light rules by the way. and you will often see them driving around with helmet half on the back of their head, looking like Mekons from the Dan Dare comic strip.

But lets be kind to these knaves of the road, they are doing their very best (on minimum wage) to get your pizza to you, if not edible, at the very least body temperature. Don't get me wrong I love a good pizza. There is pizza and there is Pizza, the traditional Italian wood burning oven and wafer thin crust being the king of them all. But when all's said and done your average high street, Dominos or Pizza Hut (other Italian style bread-based meals are available) would be better used as a frisbee, or a rat's buffet perhaps. If you are going to consume this tramp's finger food. Just don't expect any of your five-a-day, they will have fallen off the back of the bike on the way to you.

And finally.... the opening scene from the French film "Taxi", directed by Luc Besson, features a rear following view of the animal, "Miserlou" is a perfect musical backing, in fact it has to go on my playlist for this alone. The film's not a bad bit of fluff if you like car acrobatics and can bear subtitles.

Photo: A Domino's Scooterist delivering hot "Zaaaa" (to the gates of Hell, probably).