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Totally agree. I live in the South Bay and occasionally ride a Bird scooter between the work bus and home. There's no way I'm riding on the bike lane without a helmet and I can't carry a helmet with me everywhere on the off chance a scooter is available. If anything characterizes drivers in this town it's their inattentiveness.

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I can't carry a helmet with me everywhere on the off chance a scooter is available

This is not a panacea, but there are some pretty good-seeming folding helmets out there: https://closca.com/products/fuga-helmet?variant=53832191509

Maybe you shouldn’t ride one then?

I do ask myself this every time I use one. Often, for me, the reward (convenience of getting home quickly or making the bus on time) is worth the risk (minor chance of getting ticketed or having an incident on a short trip). Nonetheless, it will be interesting to see if the enforcement of these rules will force customers like myself to stop using electric scooters until cities design better roads for these vehicles.

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