[raynr]

I wonder how much of the bad rep locally is the special kind of FUD that sometimes accompanies new technology, and how much of it is a mix of bad actors and inadequate law enforcement. A lot of these accidents were cases of assholes riding escooters.

The escooters aren't banned from sidewalks, but I don't know what the alternative is here. They're too slow to be on the roads and like you suggest, we don't have dedicated bike lanes throughout the island.

That said I know of people who can commute to work through the PCN and I'm so jealous of them.

[darklajid]

I'd say it's a bad local situation (no bike lanes to speak off, narrow crowded sidewalks) and bad attitude.

The joke is that a scooter comes with a Bluetooth speaker, playing EDM music at full volume.. and that joke is somewhat based on the situation here.

There were a number of really bad accidents as well, those scooters can be really heavy. Run over a kid or an old woman, bonus points for driving off afterwards, and the bad rep is hard to avoid.

I like the tech, the climate here would be quite ideal for these things. Unfortunately there's no good place to ride them so far..