University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, August 24. 1977
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Moped mania sparks KU parking changes
University of Kansas students returning to school with mopeds, those half-bicycles, half-motorcycles that are appearing on nearly as many magazine covers as streets will be greeted by a crowd of people assortment of state and local regulations.
The Kanaas Legislature and KU, acknowledging the increasing number of mopeds, have changed their policies to allow for a change in the rule that mopeds cannot be classified as bicycles and would be banned during the day along Jajawk Boulevard, as are
The legislature redefined all motor vehicles last May and established a new category for mopeds.
Ray Cooley, attorney for the Kansas Division of Revenue, said this week that the category for motorized bicycles was necessary because the vehicle is unique.
To be classified as a motorized bicycle, the vehicle must not have an engine of more than one and one-half horsepower, must not be able to travel more than 25 miles an hour and must not have an engine that is less than 10 horsepower. It also must have the capacity to be propelled by humans or have a helper motor.
"THEY ARE not bicycles, and they can't be called motorcycles." Cooley said. "Just the same, we have to have a set of laws for them."
He said most, though not all, vehicles sold as mopeds are motorized bicycles.
The new law also fords riding mopeds on interstate highways and reduces the equipment, such as turn signals, that they must carry.
"For all I know, it might be O.K. to ride them on sidewalks in your town," he said.
The most important change in the classification of motor bicycles is insurance. Under the law, all injuries for motorized bicycles is optional.
COOLEY SAID that confusion about the vehicles remained and that the new law would not be the final word. He said not to be such the discretion of cities and counties.
Traffic Stig. Garcia of the Lawrence Police Department said that motorized bicycles would be treated as other motor vehicles, and that sidewalks were off limits to them.
A driver's license examiner said he was not sure what the law said.
"It's kind of vague, really. Most people have been registering them as motorcycles," he said.
A spokesman for the county treasurer said that all motorized vehicles must be registered and licensed. The fee is $5 a year.
Lu Ann Stewart, Lawrence, takes her moped off the road.
The University has established a firm policy regarding motorized bicycles.
"We'll be checking mopeds in bike racks pretty closely, and we will ticket violators." the spokesman said.
Despite the confusion about whether a moped is a motorized bicycle, a motorcycle or a bicycle, they have been selling well in Lawrence.
A SPOKESMAN for KU Parking Services said that the vehicles would not be permitted on campus beyond the back of the parking owners had motorcycle parking permits.
With permits, however, the vehicles must be parked in the zone for which they have a permit.
Hank Willens, salesman at Horizons Honda, said that his supply of 100 was sold in two months and that his next order of 100 was selling quickly.
Don Rygny, owner of the Lawrence Schwinn Cycle Shop, bought the Motobecane franchise for the area, and owned the bicycles also are selling quickly.
"I just started selling Motobecanes two weeks ago, and I better keep some in the backpack."
SAVINGS ON FAMOUS BRAND STEREO COMPONENTS
Dykes gets raise: KU library funds chonned
The Kansas Board of Regents' approval of a $4,000 salary increase for Chancellor Archie Dykes and an increase of nearly $9 million in the general operating budget awaits the approval of Gov. Robert Bennett before they receive legislative scrutiny.
Pending gubernatorial and legislative approval, KU was authorized to spend $531,603 for a one-time improvement of instructional equipment.
At their June meeting, the Regents approved an increase of $8,935,918, for an operating budget of $8,935,918. In 1978, the operating budget for this year's total fees $7,017,527.
The Regents also approved budget increases for the five other state universities and the Kansas Technical Institute, averaging a 10.7 percent increase.
to meet a proposed jump in the minmum wage.
FDA asks opinions about saccharin ban
For KU, the Regents approved $100,000 for library improvements, although the University had requested more than $1,088,000. They also cut nearly 13.1 million in requests for new programs and additions to their programs, granting $439,480 in increases.
Dykes' salary will be $59,000, a $4,000 increase. Keith Nitcher, director of business and finance, said Monday that the raise was a standard item on the budget each year.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Time is running out for public comments on the proposal to extend a tax cut.
The Regents approved a $67,000 child-abuse program, $4,670 for a transportation research program and $15,197 for a program to help children with accommodation handicapped students.
The deadline for written statements is next Wednesday.
Other presidents and their salaries are:
Duane Akeen, Kansas State, $5,000 ($4,000)
increase); Clark Alhberg, Wichita State,
$5,000 ($3,000); John Visser, Emporia
State, $4,200 ($2,000); Apple jerrybee,
$4,200 ($2,000); Tomanek, Fort
Hays State, both $4,000; Thomas Creech, head of the Kansas
Technical Institute, $27,000 ($1,767).
Bennett will receive the KU budget and the six others in September. After he makes his recommendations, the revised budgets will be presented in a signature in November for final adjustments.
The Regents dropped a $283,049 line item for graduate-student fee waivers, leaving the governor and legislature with a decision to reduce these expenses, Jones, associate director of business affairs, and
The Regents granted each institution a 7 per cent increase in unclassified salaries and per cent raise in student employment payment. The Regents granted employment money, Nitcher said, was granted
Comments should be sent to the Hearing Clerk, Food and Drug Administration, 5600 N. Washington Blvd., Suite 1089, Washington, DC 20007.
The proposed ban would prohibit use of saccharin in food, drugs and cosmetics.
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