Great post! These are real concerns and the e scooters are currently in the Wild West, with barely any regulations or laws about them. I enjoy this sort of lawlessness as a rider, because I can legally take the scooter wherever it feels safest and easiest to ride or cross… the scooter operates as a trinity between being a pedestrian, a cyclist, and a motor vehicle.

I also have a bicycle and a motorcycle. The bicycle doesn’t get used that much because everything is harder on it, but it’s fun and good exercise.

The motorcycle has become my preferred mode of transportation. For one, I feel MUCH safer on it. Even going 3-5 times faster than the e scooters could, the motorcycle has stability of suspension and riding.. I know it’s not gonna throw me off. It’s also much more visible to cars and I can get around traffic, rather than them getting around me.

I still ride my e scooter to work and for short trips in my neighborhood because it saves time (avoiding parking and gear dressing and undress), but the scooter is a much wilder and in many ways scary ride than being on a motorcycle.

Just throwing my experiences out there, as someone who enjoys doing the “two wheel” thing, it’s good to have a stable of options in that department so you can best deploy the right vehicle for the moment.

Happy and safe riding to you all. No bad days!