This pretty well reflects my scooter experience as a user for about a one mile ride one time. Trying to ride on the sidewalk of a downtown was painfully slow at

This pretty well reflects my scooter experience as a user for about a one mile ride one time. Trying to ride on the sidewalk of a downtown was painfully slow at walking speeds but seemed dangerous to pedestrians so I went into the street instead, and then I'm basically a pedestrian myself amongst the vehicles. I came away wondering how it's legal and why we don't hear about accidents constantly.