Sure they’re just a hazard to themselves on roads. The problem is that they are used on a wide range of paths, many of which have no real speed regulations of their own. So what’s to stop some yahoos from blowing through a multiuse path at 30 MPH (50 kph)? And that’s far more hazardous than other human powered transportation like bicycles, which have better steering and stopping distance.
Around here scooters use the road and it works fine.
Sure they’re just a hazard to themselves on roads. The problem is that they are used on a wide range of paths, many of which have no real speed regulations of their own. So what’s to stop some yahoos from blowing through a multiuse path at 30 MPH (50 kph)? And that’s far more hazardous than other human powered transportation like bicycles, which have better steering and stopping distance.