[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

I am skeptical that a 20 pound scooter can be fall-proof with a wriggling 200 pound person aboard. If the person is riding it like a bicycle that's one thing. If the person is simply expecting the scooter to stay upright No Matter What (perhaps leaning over the side to take pictures, etc.) then some considerable counterweight would be needed.

I have my doubts, but this thing seems to be designed to meet these problems, most specifically, it does not seem to have a counterweight, that is the invention.

The comment in the article that getting hit by the scooter would be like getting hit by a pedestrian, sounds silly. Suppose it is only 20 lb. Imagine getting hit by a pedestrian on skates. Even moving at walking speeds, that is going to be a significant impact.

Since we're talking walking speed, I don't see how the impact of a 150 pound person with one of these things would be worse than the impact of a 290 pound plus person without one.

In any case, it certainly seems worth checking out.

[HiTech RedNeck]

I'd far sooner a 290 pound fatso walk into me at walking speeds than to be rolled into by a 150 pound person on an equally massive hunk of (hard) metal. (Tell me about that 20 pounds again, is that flashlight batteries and a magnesium frame?)