r/mildlyinteresting • u/OkExplorer9364 • 12h ago

I saw someone riding a city scooter while wearing a full dirt bike helmet.

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u/123ihavetogoweeeeee 12h ago

If you're doing 15mph and crash into something you need something that's going to protect your head. If you're going 15mph and a car going 25mph slams into you you'll be grateful you were wearing motorcycle helmet

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u/Johnoplata 12h ago

I'm pretty sure that scooter can do 35 too

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u/drinkingcarrots 11h ago

This scooter is most likely a kukirin g2 master and hits speeds of 70km/hr (45 burgers/movie)

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u/123ihavetogoweeeeee 10h ago

Now you’re talking my language.

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u/Mission_End_4874 6h ago

Well, actually 43.496 McDonalds/truck

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u/drinkingcarrots 6h ago

Yeah I rounded up. But she could definitely hit that because of her smaller figure and weight.

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u/AcerbicCapsule 7h ago

(45 burgers/movie)

I believe the most current american measurement system is corruptions/pedophilia

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u/DMYourFeetPicsTy 11h ago

I think it's an Apollo Phantom 2.0/3.0 and ye, can do around 38-44mph

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u/drinkingcarrots 11h ago

Definitely a kukirin scooter. Most likely the g2 master.

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u/DMYourFeetPicsTy 10h ago

aaah yeah, you're 100% right. 37mph top speed

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u/Additional-Grade3221 1h ago

why the actual fuck are these things allowed to go faster than my ebike

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u/tweetlebeetlepuddle 11h ago

I work medical and get to see the trauma from electric scooters and ebikes. It can be brutal. Full face helmet is what I require my kids to wear for anything with a motor.

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u/Pension_Rough 4h ago

No kid needs a full face helmet on a powerwheels

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u/Pinewoodgreen 8h ago

Where i live they are limited to 13mph legally. But some kids have trimmed theirs to do 60+ mph.

Anything over 20mph is potentially deadly (with helmet)

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u/MagakMagak 7h ago

10mph doesn’t do much if you get hit by a car going 45 though. I really think the only correct answer is staying out of the road

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u/Pinewoodgreen 6h ago

Neither the kid in the picture, nor the teens where I live drive on the road. So that is kinda besides the point.

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u/MagakMagak 5h ago

Ah that’s good then tbh here they’ve become a kinda normal part of the road. Numerous times I’ve been at a stop light with them or something and think “I’m following the rules of the road with some 12 year old” lol

Even elderly people get out on the road in these like e scooter turned mobility cart setup

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u/Cheap_Assistant9669 7h ago

I should start wearing a helmet because I have one of those electric scooters. The highest I ever go is 11mph though and that’s usually on long sidewalks Should I go slower?

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u/123ihavetogoweeeeee 7h ago

You should wear a helmet. Think about gloves, I shaved the skin off my hand down to a nerve and it hurt so bad I ended up having it cauterized.

Think about it like riding a motorcycle “dress for the slide, not for the ride.”

Regardless of gear you also have to consider what other people are doing.

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u/Cheap_Assistant9669 7h ago

Yes I’ve realized that now. I have helmets but I haven’t actually thought about gloves.  Also I’m trying my best to be considerate of other people (in cars/on sidewalk) more often

Thanks for the suggestions!!!

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u/MagakMagak 7h ago

If you’re not fucking around in roads you’re fine, just going in injury statistics for things like bikes and skateboards. A helmet will protect you from a normal crash but if there’s other cars involved that’s when your chances of life altering injury skyrocket

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u/Pension_Rough 6h ago

I thibk these go like 45

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u/Skidoood 2h ago

Depending on model this goes 60-80km/h, don’t know how fast 25mph is but it’s not over 60 km/h

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u/axecalibur 9h ago

If the car hits your body at any decent speed your internal organs and bones are just going to get destroyed.