Hi, yes its a concern for me and I don't feel comfortable scooting past the police. Still, I've never been stopped. As for hitting someone, when there is a crow

Hi, yes its a concern for me and I don't feel comfortable scooting past the police. Still, I've never been stopped. As for hitting someone, when there is a crowd of people, you can go a lot slower than a bike. It's quite easy to scoot at walking speed. Like the article said, it is super easy to hop on and hop off a scooter, unlike a bike. So, when there are pedestrians around, I just hop off and walk for a bit. I have not had anyone step out in front of me yet. People tend to notice you because you are high up. I use back roads and cycle paths so I guess the risk is less. The model is ETWOW Booster S2 500W. The range is supposed to be 30km (top speed 30km/h) but I I weigh 87km and my top speed is more like 25km/h unless the wind is in my favor. I get 18km in summer and 6km in winter on a charge. I thought the battery was deteriorating but now that its warming up I get my long range back. It doesn't completely die when running low but goes into eco mode which is annoying because you might was well walk it is so slow. It also keeps disabling cruise control too. I would say that they could improve the firmware but overall the scooter is excellent.