cptjeff t1_iu2kshi wrote on October 28, 2022 at 2:08 AM

Reply to comment by Brickleberried in Man in Coma After Hit-and-Run Crash in DC by MrSpontaneous

Because most people grab scooters when they're away from home and literally no one brings a helmet everywhere they go. Helmets are quite simply not a realistic option for 95% of scooter trips.

MintyLacroix t1_iu2yhax wrote on October 28, 2022 at 4:02 AM

Well then they should not be a thing. Plus the fact that these scooters are an eyesore and are randomly abandoned in the middle of sidewalks and streets. I've hated them ever since they very first appeared years ago.

Ainwein t1_iu4md3y wrote on October 28, 2022 at 2:49 PM

You're not wrong.

I have 2 personal scooters and lug around my helmet but they also go 35mph.

I don't wear a helmet on the public scooters but they feel so slow it doesn't bother me that much. Go figure the only real accident I've had which included a broken finger is from one of the Birds.

Brickleberried t1_iu35y3i wrote on October 28, 2022 at 5:21 AM

That's the main problem. Maybe they need to have attached helmets.

Quelcris_Falconer13 t1_iu46w5z wrote on October 28, 2022 at 12:55 PM

That’s ridiculous.

If you at all plan on using a scooter than being a helmet. Who cares if it ruffles your hair or is a bit difficult; you know what else is difficult? Breathing and eating through a straw and pissing in a bag for the rest of your life because you got brain damage