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The biggest friction is not the app, but rather needing to leave home carrying a bike helmet every day on the off chance that you want to use one of these scoot

The biggest friction is not the app, but rather needing to leave home carrying a bike helmet every day on the off chance that you want to use one of these scooters. I don't even ride a bike without a helmet and these scooters are much more dangerous than a bike (small wheels far below the rider's center of mass, inherently dangerous.) The market for helmet-less scooter rides anywhere, let alone on hard surfaced streets with traffic, is limited to people with death wishes.

londons_explore 4y ago
In some countries, the scooters come with helmets in a lockable box on the back. Obviously there is now the 'ewe' factor of putting on a helmet covered with someone elses hair lice...
goatlover 4y ago
I rarely ever see anyone, even parents with kids, wear a helmet while using a scooter. The police do not enforce any sort of law regarding them as far as I can tell. The only time I've seen helmets are on what look like privately owned scooters. That's just places I've been, so maybe it's different elsewhere that allows them.
- stametseater 4y ago
  Yes, I don't think I've ever seen somebody wearing a helmet while riding a lime scooter. I don't think there are any laws to require helmets for scooters in my city, and helmets aren't provided with the rentals, so anybody wearing a helmet while riding one is certainly a rare exception. And I've already seen a man crack his skull this way riding a lime scooter. Sad, but not surprising. It probably happens a lot. It almost makes me think we need "attractive nuisance" laws to protect young dumb adults.
deanc 4y ago
I fell off one at 10km.h in my city going through a slow zone when it suddenly accelerated. I fell face first and broke my wrist. These things are lethal and it could have been a lot worse. Lesson learnt and I won’t go near one again - even with a helmet.

londons_explore 4y ago

In some countries, the scooters come with helmets in a lockable box on the back. Obviously there is now the 'ewe' factor of putting on a helmet covered with someone elses hair lice...

goatlover 4y ago

I rarely ever see anyone, even parents with kids, wear a helmet while using a scooter. The police do not enforce any sort of law regarding them as far as I can tell. The only time I've seen helmets are on what look like privately owned scooters. That's just places I've been, so maybe it's different elsewhere that allows them.

stametseater 4y ago
Yes, I don't think I've ever seen somebody wearing a helmet while riding a lime scooter. I don't think there are any laws to require helmets for scooters in my city, and helmets aren't provided with the rentals, so anybody wearing a helmet while riding one is certainly a rare exception. And I've already seen a man crack his skull this way riding a lime scooter. Sad, but not surprising. It probably happens a lot. It almost makes me think we need "attractive nuisance" laws to protect young dumb adults.

deanc 4y ago

I fell off one at 10km.h in my city going through a slow zone when it suddenly accelerated. I fell face first and broke my wrist. These things are lethal and it could have been a lot worse. Lesson learnt and I won’t go near one again - even with a helmet.