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Re:Bird has raised $100M for electric scooter sharing by jdavis703 on Friday March 09, 2018 @07:35PM (#16556336)
Bicyclists aren't required to wear helmets in CA. As long as these scooters don't go more than 25 MPH I don't see why they shouldn't be treated any differently from a legal perspective.
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Re:Bird has raised $100M for electric scooter sharing by jonas21 on Friday March 09, 2018 @08:18PM (#16556532)
California law specifically requires wearing a helmet when riding a motorized scooter:

https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/vr/scooters

Here's the full text:

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.x....

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Re:Bird has raised $100M for electric scooter sharing by that_one_fool on Friday March 09, 2018 @07:40PM (#16556372)
Never understood this either, the law says its only for < 18:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_law_in_California#Bicy...

https://www.tracy.k12.ca.us/sites/bes/Documents/Bicyle%20Hel...

http://losangelesbicycleattorney.com/bicycle-helmet-laws-wha...

I wonder what they are getting ticketed for

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Re:Bird has raised $100M for electric scooter sharing by BillTheBiker on Saturday March 10, 2018 @12:59AM (#16557330)
From a legal perspective, how would going more than 25 MPH be relevant?
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Re:Bird has raised $100M for electric scooter sharing by jdavis703 on Saturday March 10, 2018 @09:57AM (#16558689)
Higher speeds are more dangerous, and thus require more safety equipment.
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