Do you think scooters are more dangerious than motorcycles?I ran into a guy at the gas station the other day who was telling me he liked my bike, he had a scooter said his wife wouldn't let him buy a bike but let him get a scooter.I would think a scooter is actually more danergous, what do you think? You have smaller tires so your tire can be eaten up by even a small pot hole, your lower and smaller than on a bike so your even less visible, and you have much less power and I imagine controll so you can't as easily get out of a bad situation. Your also still just as out and exposed to things on a scooter as you are on a bike. I just thoguht this guys wife was an idiot but waht do you think?
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My personal opinion is that the smaller scooters are harder to see and may not have the get up and go to get out the way, so they these riders are more challenged to stay safe. Also, I've noticed that many who ride them are even more lax on their gear than motorcycle riders, as if scooters are safer. I just think we should have more scooter education so that I see safer riders out there. I felt very insignificant on the road when I was using a 250cc to commute to work and could not imagine riding a smaller vehicle, much less with no rider education. Ride safe.no matter what you ride
It is the rider not the machine that makes something dangerous. Just look at the answer before me, my bike goes 165 mph and scooters do not so they must be more dangerous. I would say that a squid going 165 mph on a public road or doing wheelies on the interstate is more dangerous. And stupid. With a scooter I think it matters more what you need it to do so you pick the right model. I have ridden the Kymco Xciting 250 and 500's a lot and would ride one down I-40 coast to coast with out a problem. Many people give answers about scooters on here that do not really know anything about them.
I would think it depends on what type of scooter you are riding and where you ride. I ride a Kymco P250 scooter that has 16 inch wheels. I commute daily on a variety of suburban 2-6 lane streets and some highways. The difference between my bike and a motorcycle is that the frame is open and I have an automatic CVT transmission. I parked next to a Ninja one day and as I walked back to the bike, I noticed that my little scooter was taller, and longer than the real motorcycle that I had parked next to and we both had 250cc engines. In the past, I rode a Vespa P200 with 10 wheels. This scooter was quite small and was not very stable in a suburban setting. It was GREAT in the city (SF in this case). Small and nimble, soft tires to eat up the potholes at 20-30 MPH. It was all over the road at 60 MPH. It was the perfect low-speed, city vehicle and made a terrible highway commuter. To wrap it up, the large wheels and longer wheelbase of a motorcycle or larger scooter should make them equally safe and once you have a get-off with a two-wheeled vehicle at 55 MPH, does it matter if it was a scooter or motorcyle anymore?
