To max out their speed you’d need a governor that applies the brakes automatically. This in itself can be very dangerous in many situations, such as when you’re going down a steep hill. I would imagine that’s also the situation children are most likely to get hurt.
Gravity supplies more than enough power to reach dangerous speeds even on unpowered devices. If all the governor did was remove applied power once walking speed was reached, that would be enough to get kids to the top of a hill without effort, and then they’d go rocketing down to their doom.
The danger of these scooters is that they’re scooters: they’re unstable and unsafe at speed. Bicycles are much more stable and thus safer at those same speeds.
To max out their speed you’d need a governor that applies the brakes automatically. This in itself can be very dangerous in many situations, such as when you’re going down a steep hill. I would imagine that’s also the situation children are most likely to get hurt.
You can also just have a governor that stops applying power. Like legal ebikes currently have.
Children have been launching themselves down steep hills since before electric devices.
Gravity supplies more than enough power to reach dangerous speeds even on unpowered devices. If all the governor did was remove applied power once walking speed was reached, that would be enough to get kids to the top of a hill without effort, and then they’d go rocketing down to their doom.
The danger of these scooters is that they’re scooters: they’re unstable and unsafe at speed. Bicycles are much more stable and thus safer at those same speeds.