Although scooters can be a breeze to ride and really easy to get around with, you should also pay attention to your safety on the road. Here are a few easy steps to ride safely and comfortably anytime.
Wear a helmet, keep both hands on the handlebars at all times, and make sure motorists can see you so as to avoid accidents and injury.This will help keep accidents and injury at bay.
Know Your Scooter
Whether you ride solo or have to share one at the station with others, it is imperative that you always wear a helmet while on these vehicles, adhere to all operating regulations, and stay vigilant of your surroundings.
One needs to keep both the palms onto the handlebars in order to maintain a safe ride on a scooter. Otherwise, one may simply fall off due to the sudden drift and damage not only himself but also others around.
Don’t ziz-zag past pedestrians in order not to scare them and put them at risk of very serious injury. Second, make sure your brakes are properly set before leaping on. And finally, whether turning or coming to a stop, yield to pedestrians on foot, and announce your turns: you could end up hitting a car or another scooter if you don’t.
Know the Rules of the Road
Although not as big or fast as automobiles, a scooter is indeed as much a vehicle, and its driver as obligated to drive by the dictates of traffic law, as an automobile. For example, in Monroe County every scooter with a motor is subject to the requirement that ‘drivers of all motor vehicles shall drive upon the right side of the roadway whenever practicable, except as follows’; and further, that scooter drivers ‘shall not overtake and pass another vehicle on the right’.
Kids should pay attention to their balancing act when riding and avoid indulging in any distractions such as conversing with other people, replying to text messages or taking selfies. Kids should also refrain from cycling on crowded streets and sidewalks because moving cars, pedestrians and other obstacles would quickly accumulate and entirely hide these trails, making them impassable; additionally, kids should shield themselves from opening car doors on the side of the road from the parked cars, for which the drivers wouldn’t be able to see them emerging suddenly. Furthermore, kids should make sure all wheels and brakes are secure and functional before hitting the streets.
Wear the Right Gear
Wear the the helmet while riding scooter to avoid problem. Definitely head is very important for our life, so even small fall make big impact at you head .So wearing helmet will surely reduce the chances of bad injury due to fall.
Elbow and knee pads and closed-toe shoes are a good idea because if things go seriously wrong, you’ll need to catch yourself. At the same time, you want to be relaxed on the ride because this will help you feel the hums and wobbles, and change your body position according to what’s happening on the scooter.
Visibility should also have an important place. For instance, wearing brightly coloured clothes or reflective equipment should make you more visible at all times of the day and all year round, and the same goes if you fit your scooter with lights at the front and rear. If conditions are on the rough side, you should wait until the elements improve before taking a spin because having a worn tyre is going to be uncomfortable and, in the long term, dangerous.
Slow Down
While riding a scooter can be very fun, it is extremely important that we do it safely. Driving too fast or cutting in and out of traffic puts yourself, as well as other users of the road, in danger; try not to distract yourself while riding yourself by listening to music or making phone calls with your phone.
Learn to signal when turning, and never lane split (ride between two lanes of vehicles). Before you head out onto the streets, practise on flat, smooth surfaces. Some learning may be needed around the tab for the accelerator and the brake (which are often in different spots on most e-scooters). Ride slowly when you’re still learning them, before you gradually pick up your pace, as the situation requires. You should also keep aware of what’s going on around you – check that no car doors are opening before you cross, remembering that a scooter is not designed for two-person riding with a passenger aboard.
Be Visible
Because most incidents with scooters occur because the rider isn’t excercising enough caution; for example riding to quickly or not looking where they are going. I also think mechanical failure is occasionialy the cause so I think its very important to check your scooter daily to make sure the both the throttle and brake work properly.
On your scooter, you too must increase your visibility, by wearing bright colours and having working lights in the evening. A bell or horn might help a driver or pedestrian hear you; being heard can add x-motion and maybe get the distracted driver to see you before hitting you. Defensive driving.