Quite a lot of those are people doing dumb stuff of course.
Course that doesn't mean they won't get sued into oblivion anyway
And the story without working brakes is a problem.
The "no riding on sidewalks" line on the sticker is hilarious though. Like anybody is avoiding that. Plus I suspect more people would get hurt if those things were actually on the streets, or the injuries there were would be more severe.
I'd be curious to compare that to numbers of people who have crashes/injuries on personal bicycles/scooters etc. Are more people getting injured because of their bad equipment, or just being unfamiliar with zipping around on a scooter.
The tales are often gruesome. Like in San Antonio when a tourist accidentally turned into oncoming traffic and was hit head-on by a pickup truck. Or when an Oklahoma City man, traveling at full speed, clipped a metal drainpipe and was thrown over the handlebars -- breaking both arms. Or when a rider in Cincinnati ran a red light and crashed into two pedestrians, sending them both to urgent care.
Course that doesn't mean they won't get sued into oblivion anyway
And the story without working brakes is a problem.
The "no riding on sidewalks" line on the sticker is hilarious though. Like anybody is avoiding that. Plus I suspect more people would get hurt if those things were actually on the streets, or the injuries there were would be more severe.
Accident rates could be as high as 1,000 per month."
I'd be curious to compare that to numbers of people who have crashes/injuries on personal bicycles/scooters etc. Are more people getting injured because of their bad equipment, or just being unfamiliar with zipping around on a scooter.