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4. Look ahead to where you’re going, and be ready to avoid
• Vehicles slowing or turning in front of you, entering the road or your lane ahead of you, or coming up behind.
• Parked car doors opening in front of you.
• Pedestrians stepping in front of you.
• Children playing near the road.
• Pot holes, sewer gratings, railroad tracks, expansion joints, road or sidewalk construction, debris and other obstructions that could cause
you to swerve into traffic, catch your wheel or otherwise cause you to lose control and have an accident.
• Other hazards and distractions which can occur at any time on a scooter ride. Be alert and ride defensively.
5. If your local laws allow the riding of a scooter on a public road
• Ride in designated bike lanes or on the right side of the road.
• Ride on designated bike paths.
• Ride in the same direction as car traffic.
• Stay as close to the edge of the road as possible.
• Stop at stop signs and obey traffic lights.
• Slow down and look both ways at street intersections.
• Remember that a scooter has no protection in a collision with a motor vehicle, so be prepared to yield even if you have the right of way.
• Learn the local vehicle code for the correct hand signals.
6. Never ride while wearing headphones or while operating hand-held devices.They mask traffic sounds and emergency vehicle
sirens, distract you from concentrating on what's going on around you, and their wires can tangle in the moving parts of the
scooter, causing you to lose control.
7. Never carry a passenger.This scooter is designed for one person only.
8. Never carry anything which obstructs your vision or your complete control of the scooter, or which could become entangled
in the moving parts of the scooter.
