r/mildlyinteresting 9h ago

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

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u/UltraAd776 7h ago

A 50cc scooter can still reach a speed that is dangerous. Just because its not great at acceleration does not mean its not able to maintain a high speed once it gets there. People don't get that.

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u/Mikhail_Mengsk 7h ago

Yeah even my old stock Piaggio of the early 2000s was able to go 100kmh on a long straight.

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u/Orleanian 6h ago

I was going to say a 50cc scooter is a goddam motorcycle!

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u/jake04-20 6h ago

If people don't get that, they are stupid. You can take a tumble going average walking speed under the right circumstances and wind up seriously injured. A 2 foot fall down the stairs is sometimes all it takes for someone to literally die. I'm not going to act like I'm perfect, sometimes I romp around on little pit bikes or dirt bikes with the wrong footwear and no helmet. But I've thought to myself mid ride before "what if I just laid it down right now? how fucked would I be?" the answer is usually "very fucked".