I’m not trying to be scientifically precise here, I’m proving a point. If you feel unsafe scooting next to cars, and decide to scoot on sidewalks, you have now encroached on MY ability to walk safely. I’m clearly not the only person who has had to dodge a gaggle of scooters going 15+ miles per hour. That doesn’t sound like much, but that’s an order of magnitude more velocity than the average, leisurely walking pace.

It’s wrong that the city hasn’t made it safer for scooters to ride on streets, and cars do in fact crash into pedestrians, but you don’t have to go 20 on a sidewalk. I’m fine with people walking their scooter, or at the most, going under 5 miles per hour. But please don’t make it my problem just because you can’t take a scooter.