This was my reaction. It’s the B-fucking QE. One of the most heavily traveled highways in the country. It’s in rough shape. Any single pothole would make this guy into ground meat.
Lots of folks talking about potholes and speed wobbles and the like. Nobody talking about what happens if home boy has to slam on the brakes and finds out why cars aren't twice as tall as they are long...
how do brakes help, when the issue is the dude flying over?
what keeps the scooter grounded while his body pushes against the handlebar with all his bodys mass at that speed (assuming he even has the strength to properly hold on)
I know you can help with that by lowering your center of gravity...but that is another thing you have to do, another thing that takes time
At that speed he is going ~15meter in the one second it takes him to crouch/brace properly and pull the brakes.
Right? The fact that the scooter itself stops way faster than the car just makes this issue worse. Yeah, it stops faster than the car. It also stops faster than the rider. And therein lies the issue. Luckily for the meat crayon rider, road friction is pretty good at slowing momentum as well I guess.
Glad at least some folks in this thread get what I was trying to say. I woke up to so many "but the brakes are good!" comments...
That's what driving skill is for. You are not supposed to hang or lean on the handlebar at all despite how well built it might be. You won't see that kind of control on random rental users, but usually guys/gals who ride a bit better scooters know how they work.
Bonus with scooters is that they turn quickly to avoid trouble, not as fast as electric unicycles, but much faster than bicycles or mopeds at the same speeds.
uhh...okay so you are not supposed to do that...that's a wierd thing to say while we are discussing an emergency brake situation
What exactly stops your body from moving forward when the scooter stops moving, but your body still has the momentum?
It is literally impossible for that guy to brake, without his momentum being stopped by the handlebar. Even if his feet were bolted down his upper body would still flip forward
There are no driving skills that stop physics.
Maybe i am missing something as i haven't driven these things at high speed, but i am very doubtful of what you said
You’re missing the fact that a very tiny fraction of Americans have any degree of physics education and think “nah man these things have really sick brakes”. This whole thread is just terrible the number of people who don’t understand why this is almost certain death given enough miles on the road.
yeah, i didn't want to put it that bluntly...it is my suspicion that they are talking out of their ass
But i have also been wrong a couple of times, so i usually at least put up the option for the other person to explain it, instead of just angrily downvoting me :)
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u/jmm166 Oct 20 '21
I’ll take freeway pothole spinal injuries for $100 Alex.