Staff On Trikes
Recall the “brain on drugs” public service ad, or PSA, where an egg was dropped into a hot frying pan (see it here at You Tube)? Well, Arlington County taxpayers will soon see county staff tooling around the county on the $490 “fully-loaded” adult tricycles, which are being called “Trikes.” Taxpayers will be able to say, "Hey, staff on trikes." Six have been purchased with plans to order “five or six more trikes in the near future,” according to an online story posted today at the Arlington Sun-Gazette. According to the Sun-Gazette:
“The trikes . . . will be used when employees have short hops to take. They will be housed at Central Library, the Department of Human Services and the county government's motor-pool headquarters.
“Employees who want to use the trikes put in their request with the motor pool, and are issued keys for the locks. They also will receive a helmet, which will be theirs to keep, and must wear the helmet when out on business. A rear basket is an added touch.
“The trikes are designed mostly for official use, but,” but a county spokesperson “said that if any are available during the lunch hour, employees will be able to take them out for a healthy spin.”
Remember, it’s being done in the name of satisfying the environmental gods, i.e., to “reduce the environmental footprint of municipal workers.” The national drug czar had the “brain on drugs” PSA’s, and now the environmental gods will have their “staff on trikes.” Always paid for by the taxpayers, of course. Visit the Sun-Gazette's website to see a picture of the County Manager on his trike.