You'll find safer moped drivers on the streets of Maumelle. Sunday, the city continued its free pilot program teaching children how to safely ride the scooters.
The classes started after three 16-year-olds died in Little Rock in September in a scooter crash.
In Maumelle, lots of children ride mopeds, so community leaders want them to take this class to help keep the streets safe for everyone.
The Williams brothers love riding their mopeds all around Maumelle. "My friend's house. I go to the pool. I go to Walmart to buy groceries, and then I just ride around," says Dale Williams.
"Sometimes we'll go to the bowling alley or swimming pool," says Joe Williams.
And now, their sister can join them.
"I started riding a scooter yesterday out here, and the first time I rode a scooter it was really fun, and it still is," she said.
Since Kaitlyn is between ten and fourteen, she needs a certificate of operation to drive a scooter. Now that she's taking this class, she's also learning how to stay safe on the road.
"You need to keep your head up a lot," she says.
And that comes in handy when you're going 35 to 40 miles per hour.
The siblings always wear their helmets. It's the law for anyone under 21.
Lloyd Vanover runs the class, and it's one of his biggest concerns.
"You see the kids out there without proper protective gear. Under 16, you aren't allowed to carry a passenger. No passengers under the age of eight. Parents just aren't aware of those types of things," he says.
With all of these rules, Vanover hopes more parents will take advantage of the classes, because even dad, who's ridden for years, learned something today.
"Counterweight these scooters. I mean, it's a little bit different than riding a motorcycle. There's something just a hair different to about everything you do on a scooter rather than a motorcycle," Williams said.
You have to have a motorcycle license in the state of Arkansas to drive anything over 50 CCs.
