I have become obsessed* about scooters but in an unhealthy way -- like riding 15 mph on a motorized scooter without a helmet on a sidewalk strewn with wet leaves. I really dislike them. I've even written a joke about it: "The only thing that keeps me from clipping the brake cable on every parked scooter I pass, is doing prison time for manslaughter."
Here's the one major irony of scooters. They often are parked on narrow sidewalks blocking the path of pedestrians and can become a nasty obstacle to those on motorized wheelchairs. The irony is that the ramps on curbs that allow motorized wheelchairs to cross the street are the same ramps that allow scooters to use sidewalks. Funny, but nobody's laughing.
*check out the DownandOutbound Facebook page for more scooter vitriol.
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