Some US Postal routes done via 4x4 in cities could also benefit, most of the time.

My main gripe about motorcycles and scooters are that in time when telematics, sensors, and the vehicle network all tie in to create "intelligent" vehicles able to relieve much of the accidents which happen you won't be able to do the same with two wheeled vehicles. They can tell other vehicles where they are but I would not want any type of accident mitigation system slamming the brakes on my motorcycle while I'm cruising around...I'd be just as likely to get hurt in that case. Then again, the VAST majority of motorcycle accidents are caused by the driver in the cage not paying attention to their surroundings and hitting the motorcyclist (and a few reckless folks who like to perform stunts on their motorcycles).

Will valence ever be profitable? And why don't they tell us how many or how much oxygen is paying. A fleet could be 10 or 10,000 scooters.

For the most part, cyclists don't go 25 mph down busy city streets. They also don't weigh as much as a fully loaded delivery scooter. They also don't wear helmets as cumbersome and view-restricting as those worn by motor scooter riders. I say this because I sometimes ride my bike to work, and I don't go very fast, and neither to most of the other cyclists I see out there. And we definitely don't weigh the 500+ lbs. that a fully loaded scooter would weigh (200 lbs. for the rider, 200 lbs. for the scooter, 100 lbs. for the cargo).

Moreoever, most city cyclists actually do have some form of noisemaker -- usually a small bell, operated by a little thumb lever, which they are incessantly ringing in order to catch the attention of pedestrians. Some people have little mechanical horns. In cities with a large number of bikes, one would find plenty outfitted with such noisemakers. In the USA, where most bikes are used recreationally on sparsely populated roads or separate trails, someone on a bike is as likely to want to enjoy the silence as listen to an endless tinkling bell, and will have very little use for a noisemaker.

Delivery scooters are faster and heavier, and therefore more dangerous to pedestrians. Their riders have a more limited view of the road and ability to respond to a sudden obstacle. This safety point may be a small detail in the grand scheme, but it's important to think through all the angles when moving forward with new technologies. The last thing we want are needless injuries, or negative publicity along the lines of "EVs are bad because they killed my husband/wife/mother/daughter. He never even saw it coming!"

I like the idea of clothspins and playing cards in the spokes. It reminds me of childhood. But I don't know if the wheel hubs of the scooter will accomodate them.

Jim-

You forget the pop can wedged behind the front forks.

Do you think we could convice people this is the way to go if these scooters made an appearance on Orange County Choppers?

JRod.

Just the thing for the carfree cities of the future. I wish.

Yes - let's add more noise to our lives. Brilliant idea.

I myself am terribly concerned over menacing electric scooters. They are the biggest threat to human life.

I would like a noise maker that sounds like a cat purring. That would be a purely positive addition to the bike.

I own 6 oxygen scooters and rent them out to site see the island and they really are great.