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Well, I think the UK has got it right with its ban on these in the public realm. I think they're much too fast for the flimsy things they are, and I'm certain the casualty rate for them would always be unacceptably high. It's actually a similar problem to that posed by motorcycle use.
I also think it's not good to invent lots of machines that stop people from basic exertion for their movement. I think it would be good if public policy restricted the use of such machines much more severely than is currently the case, and I include private cars in that, of course.
I think other European countries are wrong to begin to introduce permissive régimes for them.
The best response to an excessive need to travel is to reduce the need to travel, not to continually try to service it with new kinds of machines.
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seen 3 electric scooter riders being stopped in 2 days all on embankment.
they didnt stop a guy on an electric scateboard though for some reason. v strange. must be a numbers thing.
what do yall actually think about these scooters. I would say the majority of them are pretty fine (no worse than some cyclists), just nice people trying to get to work like everyone else.