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And the State steps in to regulate, license, fine, fee and tax. Good luck with that. I saw a kid going at least 30mph standing up on one with his feet on the seat and handle bars while holding a phone to his ear. They must gyroscopically stabilize at a certain speed. I see little kids on them, obviously too young for driver's license. Most distrubingly, in Santa Cruz, where vacationers abandon all common sense, I see parents carrying small children and infants on them, sometimes a couple at a time.

They're dangerous. The scooters generally don't get going fast enough, at least with my 220lbs body on it to cause too much damage. Ebikes I really haven't done them. Only once in Chicago.

The only time I got in a DD incident was in my own driveway with the golf cart. Hit my own car because of the torque with the electric. I don't think on bikes or scooters people understand the acceleration. Shit, I have insurance on both. Make a claim on myself. lol.

Joking, not enough damage, clipped the bumper. But freaked me out. I've used electric carts on the golf course plenty of times. Usually though you don't back up. A few beers in the belly and I forgot about the torque. I now park it perpendicular to where the cars are parked, not parallel and just go through the lawn.

Lesson learned. I can see why Socal2 likes his Tesla. I just don't trust tech in cars to stop me from doing something stupid. My wife's friend/client she got a DUI in a Tesla. So the self driving stuff and sensors is a bit overstated.