A problem with the lights for "small vehicles" at the festival is that Winfield Kansas is a small town, with virtually no "resource" other than MalWart, one small hardware, and a lumber yard with "essentials only."

Even extended searches in Ark City and Wichita though found little other than the same "bicycle stuff" as at the Winfield Wally, and a slightly extended selection of automotive lights.

The golf carts, with 6 automotive size 6 volt batteries can tap off 12 volts to run auto type lights, so it's not too much of a problem to add on sufficient stuff to get by.

The mobility scooters generally use two series 12v batteries. They're connected, and charged, in series with no accessible tap point without cutting holes in the battery pack. At 10 to 12 Amp Hour, they're so small that running even a single automotive "parking lamp" bulb would unbalance the batteries to the point of "sudden death" at the next recharge unless you also jury-rigged to parallel them for charging. Gel-Cell batteries are almost universal, with a "form factor" that makes it difficult to replace with something else, and a replacement (list) cost of >$120 US per battery makes it unwise to place any additional burden on them.

I've tried adding a separate motorcylce battery in the 12 AH range, but even a single "parking light" bulb drains the battery in a couple of hours - usable; but recharging takes a few hours if you stay within battery ratings.

"Bicycle lights" available, e.g. at Wallies, are all made to clip onto specific bicycle parts, none of which are similar to anything on a scooter. There are virtually none with other than self-contained batteries.

The tail lights are nearly all LEDs, and those are generally okay if you can figure out a way to mount one. Most of those made to clip onto a headband can be made to clip onto the piece of sewer pipe I attached to LiK's scooter to carry her walkin' cane, or the similar one I put on mine for my quarter-staff; but the scooter modification would be a bit "exotic" for most of those faced with the problem and for most of the lights you have to "break the clip" (called a minor modification) to make it work.

At present, for headlights, both of our scooters are equipped with "cop shop" style flashlights (3 D cells with halogen bulbs) attached to the arm rests with mini-bungee cords. The focusable beam allows for a spread beam that doesn't quite blind the pedestrians, although with a tighter focus one can "freeze the little kids deer" to make them easier to hit.

Quite a few people just operate without the mandated lights; and few if any appear to have been ticketed by the gendarmarie although a few have been stopped and scolded; but I find compliance with the advertised rules preferable - - even if it's only via a "token observance."

As a side note: Walmart has sold only Schwinn accessories for several years. About a year ago they bought the Schwinn name, and existing Schwinn dealers were told to take down their signs, and that they are no longer Schwinn dealers.

As yet, Walmart sells no Schwinn bicycles.

Since Schwinn has always used different tube/frame dimensions than any other maker, it may safely be said that no bicycle accessory sold by Walmart, will fit properly on any bicycle sold by Walmart. Some can be made to fit if one has a big enough wrench (spanner?) and a fair amount of nuts-n-bolts ingenuity, but ...

John