To which the motorist, sadly moving in a traffic jam, is not familiar reseated on a motorcycle? Look how briskly travels between the rows of a biker, a couple of minutes - and it already starts with the first traffic light. Maneuverability - the main plus a motorcycle in a big city, wherever there is a loophole for him. Still, motorcycle-quite expensive. For those for whom it is not available in Moscow, was established service bike-taxi. Mototaksi first appeared in the capital in 2007 godu.Togda a businesswomen to purchase 20 motorcycles Kawasaki, painted them yellow with checkered and hired pilots. By the end of the season, she sold the project, and in 2008 it picked up the new owner. But the success of this business was small - for the entire season had accumulated a total of about 300 clients. Head of the "Bike-taxi" Ivan Savel'ev idea of ??creating a project came 3 years ago when he bought a scooter. "Once I specifically watched the traffic in Moscow, - says Ivan - and noticed that many cars going one driver, while next to him could fit four passengers. To the same car takes up space on the road, it very wasteful, and we help people fight traffic jams. " In our country there is a stereotype, like bikers - it's scary bearded big-bellied men in the chopper with brass knuckles and chains. Such representatives of two-wheeled fraternity, of course, exist, but mostly the old guard, who like his "mares" several times a season to get to some motofestivalya. On the road now more common scooters, sportbike, motokultura makes a new turn in Russia. Ivan Saveliev are only pilots with the experience of riding on motorcycles at least 3 years. He explains this condition is that the first two years of motorcyclists ride "without a head, trying to prove that they are the fastest, most agile and better than any ride at the rear wheel. At this time, most accidents happen - in the statistics of accidents involving motorcyclists appear mostly bikers, skiers first or second season. Before you take someone on the job, Ivan conducts a personal interview, during which confirms that before it an adequate man ready to take responsibility for the lives of passengers. Then the practical part of the interview - the candidate for taxi drivers show their skills on the track, on the road in a convoy ... "Bike-taxi" there are only four months, during which time it has transported about 800 people. 30 of them - in May, when the service is only started and the pilots was not enough. Competitors Ivan is, and he supports them with friendship: "And what we share?" I have only 30 pilots, it is very small for the big city. " To popularize the services motoperevozok even was co-organized run, which took place in Moscow on June 11: About 30 riders with flags triumphantly drove along the Garden Ring. Customers have different services, all pilots carry, from 18 to 70 years. The latter figure - not a joke. One day, with bikers riding grandparents elderly: pensioner decided to present the original surprise for his wife, and accompanying her on another motorcycle, shot video memory. Another man originally decided to congratulate his family with a 25-year wedding anniversary: ??his wife and daughter with a happy smile brought to the restaurant on a motorcycle. Among the regular customers is a lawyer who spins all day on a motorbike through the city, managing to make some deals. As the saying goes, a wolf foot feed. More boys often carry on trips of female tourists who want to see the center of the capital not from the window of a tour bus, constantly getting in traffic jams. Among the services of bike-taxi there and express delivery. In a few minutes motokurer deliver a parcel to either end of the city and beyond. It is more expensive than conventional delivery, but you can accurately calculate the time of dispatch and arrival of cargo. This service is commonly used in cases where an urgent need to save the contracts, reports and other documents. Also among the customers love, wishing to present flowers to their halves. The team is ready for any suggestions and tasks up to accompany a wedding convoy. Cost of services mototaksi comparable to a trip by car to the checkered. Minimum order avtotaksi in Moscow is 300 rubles. Passenger pays for time spent in traffic jams as 5 kilometers machine can go, and 40 minutes. Motorcyclists take for their work from 500 rubles, which includes 20 km of track, and then paid additionally for each kilometer of 25 rubles. After 22 hours, until the morning and during rain, the rate increased by 2 times. Each client is guaranteed an individual approach, because the back seat of a motorcycle can sit down and a man with trembling knees, and a lover of extreme sports. The author of this article on personal experience convinced of the competence of pilots, and this was my first trip to the sportbike. The motorcyclist, who identified himself Barmaley, went quickly and confidently, his Yamaha FZR 600 great potential. He shared with me his experience: "Initially we were going not a quick, enabling passengers accustomed to, and then he controls the activity of travel." Also, the author managed to ride with a VIP-pilot Paul on Cruiser Honda Goldwing 1800. Sit on this bike was more comfortable, but it is not accelerated so rapidly. In motoparke service there are several types of technology. On scooters and sportbike easier to maneuver in traffic, they are generally used for express delivery and other operational missions. On the chopper passenger seats more comfortable, but the maneuvering between the machines is complicated because of the wide wheel. And the Cruisers with comfortable seating and loud music was made for leisurely sightseeing tours. The pilot and passenger can communicate with the built-in helmet radios. Helmets, by the way, as well as other equipment, provided bikers. In addition, the experience of European colleagues, passenger seats are insured. When ordering the operator finds the weight of the client - you need to find a suitable driver. Weight of passengers must not exceed the weight of the pilot for more than 20 kilograms, that the seat could ride motorcycles. That is why among bikers taxi drivers are almost no girls. Before the trip are compulsory short briefing passengers during the preparation of reporting to the motorcyclists came a guy with a girl who had to get from ENEA to Vidnoe. The young man stayed confident, but his girlfriend was tormented by doubts. Seeing this, the bikers have distributed clients to each other - the girl took the Barmalej, while standing next couple cheered. I do not know what impressions received a couple of trips, but judging by the twinkle in his eye before the trip, they will long remember the way home. But regular customer of bike-taxi Nadia and Julia habitually wear a helmet and fearlessly climb into the back of motorcycles. Hoping to like this kind of movement in Moscow, the first time and now she informed choices on what motorcycles to reach goals. And Julia is working on the OCE, not far from the dislocation of bike-taxi, once she ventured to get home, "the breeze" and now almost every day going away with work on a motorcycle with checkered. Ivan Saveliev said that while people perceive mototaksi as a fun, exotic vacation. But he hopes that with time his office will take its firm place in the market carting. Of course, the taxi drivers in cars and fish is they have no competitors. Motorists take money for travel time, and motorcyclists - for miles. "We have different cities - laughing, Ivan - they have traffic jams, we have - no." Text: Olga Zabelkina. Photos: Olga Zabelkinoy and the official site.
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