The wheels are far too small for use on the road. Even the smallest pot hole is going to swallow the front wheel and you will rotate around it until you plant your teeth in the asphalt. Which will be highly amusing for everyone else. You might even land a Darwin Award
So rental scooters are legal
Private ones are not legal
How do they tell?
Road use only and you need a licence.
I was going to write pretty much the same. UK is retarded and does not really have a valid opinion becasue it does not have the experience. There are quite a lot of them where I live. Not too many though, possibly becaause they are not as versatile as e-bikes. E.g I won't get one because the battery life is too short, I can't carry my dog, hardly any of them have a hook for locking onto bike racks or fendces etc and you can't really go in the dirt on most of them.If they are so dodgy we would know about by now and the Darwin awarded several times over.
So many in cities around the world would appear to disagree with your concerns. Your view of the typical crash appears misplaced, we are not told of scooter drivers with their teeth in the asphalt.
My view - you are probably more likely to spot a pot hole on a scooter than if you were driving. And you are more likely to be able to get avoid it - scooter a lot more manoeuvrable than a car, or, quicker to stop. If you do crash in, you are not going very fast and you are only a few inches above ground anyway. A crash will not send you over the handlebars, more likely you would fall inelegantly, sideways. You might twist your ankle on a deep one.
If they are so dodgy we would know about by now and the Darwin awarded several times over.
So many in cities around the world would appear to disagree with your concerns. Your view of the typical crash appears misplaced, we are not told of scooter drivers with their teeth in the asphalt.
My view - you are probably more likely to spot a pot hole on a scooter than if you were driving. And you are more likely to be able to get avoid it - scooter a lot more manoeuvrable than a car, or, quicker to stop. If you do crash in, you are not going very fast and you are only a few inches above ground anyway. A crash will not send you over the handlebars, more likely you would fall inelegantly, sideways. You might twist your ankle on a deep one.
I'd be surpised if it takes off in that format. Theyre not exaclty everwhere here and there are no regulations like that. The appeal is in the freedom I think?Both required
I was going to write pretty much the same. UK is retarded and does not really have a valid opinion becasue it does not have the experience. There are quite a lot of them where I live. Not too many though, possibly becaause they are not as versatile as e-bikes. E.g I won't get one because the battery life is too short, I can't carry my dog, hardly any of them have a hook for locking onto bike racks or fendces etc and you can't really go in the dirt on most of them.
I have not seen a scooter accident yet.