> It's a stretch to think they were even a good idea in theory. Putting riders with no helmets and no wrist protection on electric scooters is just this side of distributing free trampolines on the public pavement as a safety disaster.
Any idea what the injury/accident/fatality rates are for scooters vs bicycles?
Those things shouldn't go above 10mph. The tech makes them seem like a bike until anything at all goes wrong, like hitting a small pothole or clipping the corner of a road barrier. Then you're suddenly in mid air above a city street with nothing helping you out.
A bike can handle hitting something small, and has enough of a gyroscopic effect that it doesn't just fall over.
Any idea what the injury/accident/fatality rates are for scooters vs bicycles?