This Terrifyingly Fast E-Scooter Can Hit Highway Speeds
This Terrifyingly Fast E-Scooter Can Hit Highway Speeds
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This Terrifyingly Fast E-Scooter Can Hit Highway Speeds
Solar Scooters introduced its Hyperion electric scooter that can top out at 65 mph and has a maximum range of 70 miles.
Highway speeds with 11" tires is basically assisted suicide.
Have you seen the wheels that were used on the electric skateboard land speed record?
82.25 mph
I'm not saying this scooter is definitely safe, but it is absolutely possible for tiny wheels to be stable at speed.
The problem is more to do with the fact that idiots will hit these speeds that they can't safely slow down from in places where the will suddenly need to.
And even a smart rider will never have reason to reach speed that high because you can't really ever be sure you won't hit a pothole or make a mistake that leaves you sliding across pavement in a way that sands your buttcheeks off.
In fairness, on a race track any size tire would be safe.
Ride that skateboard in my municipality and good luck!
The point is, e-scooters with small tires and high speeds = high risk. The way an e-scooter rider crashes when they hit a small pothole is face first. There was a demo I watched on YouTube comparing these smaller e-scooter tires to one with a much larger tire (I'm thinking 16"+) when they hit an obstacle, and the results were dramatic.
I love my e-scooter, but I would hate to see high-speed e-scooters become the norm. I very rarely see people with hyper e-scooters riding them safely, maybe because they think how they are marketed is how they're supposed to be used.
Just because a pro hit a new max speed with specialized equipment on a specialized track doesn’t meant it’s safe for everyday travel.
Hey, you can hit the freeway at highway speeds!