In 2008 sales of scooters increased by 41.5 percent, while the figure for bikes declined 7.2 percent in the United States, according to the Motorcycle Industry Council. Two-wheel vehicles give better gasoline mileage than automobiles, are easier to park, and help in reducing traffic congestion. Motor scooters are specially popular among girls and young students. 
The scooter has been featured in many movies; Anne Hathaway posing with a Vespa scooter for Parade magazine rode a scooter in Get Smart: “There are a few scenes where I have to drive a scooter, with Steve on my back, and I think the most perilous scenes for Steve was when I was driving that scooter because I’m apparently awful! In rehearsal I almost killed several people and on the day, after we shot it, Steve made me promise I’d never do it again. Which I haven’t!”
Zooey Deschanel rides a motor scooter in Yes Man. The Motorcycle Industry Council defines a motor scooter as "an on-highway vehicle, generally with a small-displacement engine, full bodywork and a step-through design." Scooters have always been popular in Europe and Asia, and they were sold in the United States from the 1950s but went out of style with strict emission regulations. In the year 2000 they made a comeback with Vespa introducing its Granturismo 200cc model. 
Bikes are seen as catering to a more male market, certainly the bigger and more powerful motorcycles, and the female form is mostly used to sell such bikes to men. Above Josie Maran poses with the 2003 Indian Scout motorcycle for Men's Journal, but says she loves riding bikes. Female ownership of motorcycles has increased from 9.6 percent in 2003 up to 12.3 percent in 2008; these figures include cruisers and sports bikes.
Gorgeous Victoria's Secret model Miranda Kerr rode motorbikes as a young girl in her native Australia.
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