Duggan: Scooters are here to stay

[Scottathew]

While some responsibility lies with the operator of the scooter, I think a lot of problems will be avoided as people learn to look both ways when they exit doorways.

The issue is that you'd have to exit a doorway like your crossing a street to catch a scooter weaving through sidewalk traffic at 15 miles per hour. You'd have to come to the threshold of a door, look left, look right, and then look left again, and then exit the building. That's not feasible for buildings that have tens of thousands of exit events per day.

I'm not making that speed figure up. The top speed of a Bird scooter is 15 miles per hour and the top speed of a Lime scooter is 14.8 miles per hour. [[Source: https://www.cnet.com/news/electric-s...mp-spin-scoot/)

These scooters aren't even supposed to be on the sidewalks. Bikes are allowed to be on sidewalks but must be careful of, audibly warn, and yield to pedestrians.

Given those facts I would say the scooter operators are 100% at fault for collisions. When I ride my bike downtown I use it in the street. When I don't have a choice and have to be on a sidewalk I slow down and yield to pedestrians.