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> Except cars, for some reason.

Alright, let's treat them like cars then :-)

Scooter riders should be licensed. They need to take an exam, including a road and written test.

Need to pay city parking fees. Respect parking zones. Only park in designated areas. Areas change in a complicated pattern depending on weather, time of day, day of the week or scooter type and color.

If they violate that they get confiscated and need to pay a fee to get it back.

They also need to be insured in case they hit a pedestrian.

Riders who speed get mailed speeding tickets from speed cameras

Getting caught inebriated on a scooter on a sidewalk should be a serious offense, with points taken off and a corresponding insurance fee hike. Possibly court appearance as well.

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Cars are treated like this because of theirs needs. At the beginning, they weren't and all theses requirements came later on.

If we did the same as we do with the scooters right now, we simply wouldn't have cars. Instead we made the right decision and added all theses requirements one by one when it was needed.

Sure scooters have needs to and we need to define theses needs and regulate them, but can we actually discover theses needs first? China has shown that we need designated space, so let's start with that. They also shown that we should have ways for carriers to quickly move some, so let's add that too.

Massive bans are stupid and just stop innovations.

Two lanes reserved for driving, plus two for storage, on every road?

I’d actually take that deal.

So... a bike lane?

Most people already have suitable licenses.

Parking zones being provided sounds good, and based on size they'd be very cheap. All these scooters are the same type too.

I'm sure a ticket is fine for most offences, just like cars.

Liability insurance for such a low power device is very cheap.

The most common devices can't speed, so whatever.

You can already get a DUI on a horse so screw it, won't make the law any dumber.

So overall you're suggesting extremely small new burdens, and you're promising parking spaces. No need to imply it would be a bad thing!

> Scooter riders should be licensed. They need to take an exam, including a road and written test.

Only if they want to ride them in roadways next to cars and trucks, because not knowing how to drive can get a lot of people killed.

Otherwise, if they are riding on bike lanes then they are only a danger to themselves, and mostly risk getting bruised knees.

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