[nahikoa]

The VC funded scooter rental companies don't bear the most significant cost of scooters, public health. Quality studies outlining the risk and costs are scarce, but there are some:

https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/Health...

Key points: 15% of scooter riders who seek medical attention have a traumatic brain injury. This doesn't include those transported by EMS. 63% of injured riders had ridden an scooter 9 or more times before.

Perhaps e-scooters are safe in some markets, but in many they are a death trap that the vendors will never have to pay for.

[rory096]

Cars kill 37,000 people in the United States each year.

[quotemstr]

> 15% of scooter riders who seek medical attention

This statistic is meaningless without a base rate.

[henryfjordan]

They will once the lawsuits make their way through the legal system. TBI lawsuits are big business.

Also wear a helmet if you are going be on the roads in the US!