I just saw an ad for something called a Movpak which is a motorized scooter/backpack combo. It’s electric, rechargeable and can be controlled with a phone app.
No parking of scooters or riding a scooter on sidewalks in Seattle! If a paid lot does not have a motorcycle parking, you might have to park your scooter in a regular car stall and pay the full fee.
http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/parking/motorcycleparking.htm
And this is what the WA DOL says about fees:
http://www.dol.wa.gov/driverslicense/needendorsement.html
Do check your local laws and regulations!!
^They need a separate rules for scooter instead of lumping it with motorcycles. They are so different.
Most scooters are 50cc or less so people don’t need a motorcycle license. BB’s link shows that that is true in WA state.
S is determined to get one when he starts going to school at the American University of Beirut this fall. People have told him it’s dangerous. If he gets one, it will be with his own money, because I’m certainly not helping him with the purchase.
@greenwitch The scooter I am looking at is 125cc but it’s still nowhere near a full sized motorcycle.
Igloo, I do not make the rules, but they make sense. Motorcycles can be quite compact, too. The reason for lumping is not the size of the thing, but the speed it can reach. If it cannot go faster than 30 mph, the assumption is that most people will not get on the busiest, most dangerous roads with speed limits of 35+ mph. If it can, then the person has to have a solid command of the traffic rules and road, plus more, because riding motorcycles are inherently more dangerous than driving cars. Therefore, a regular DL and endorsement are warranted.
Speed limit 30 mph could be one but they could also have another limit 60 mph for people who can’t or won’t get on the freeway.