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In Amsterdam, scooter usage (not electric, just scooters in general) skyrocketed when a famous criminal was shown riding one in some pictures surrounding a heav
by roel_v 8y ago
In Amsterdam, scooter usage (not electric, just scooters in general) skyrocketed when a famous criminal was shown riding one in some pictures surrounding a heavily publicized case (meaning, these pictures were in the news for literally years on end). It's funny how some freak occurrence influences something that affects so many people. Maybe someone should pay today's equivalent of John Gotti to 'accidentally' get caught on photo riding one, see if it can be replicated...
- rapnie 8y agoYou are of course referring to Willem Holleeder [0], involved in the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken, and these kinds of famous snapshots of him on a scooter [1]. I never knew this started the scooter trend, but I see that 'holleeder-scooter' has become an oft-used word to indicate the brand. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Holleeder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Holleeder [1] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=holleeder+scooter&t=fpas&iax=images&ia=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=holleeder+scooter&t=fpas&iax=image...