These rules are to promote Safe Road use and to reduce the chances of you having an accident:
- Learn the Basic Controls: Familiarize yourself with the throttle, brakes, and steering of your scooter before hitting the road. Different Electric Scooters will come with different styles of brakes and throttles.
- Start in a Safe Area: Begin practicing in a flat, open space with minimal traffic like a park or big car park to get comfortable with steering and operating the different functions without taking your eyes off the road.
- Practice Balance and Control: For the first couple days practice riding in a straight line, turning, and stopping smoothly to improve your balance, control over the scooter and reaction to obstacles in your riding path.
- Wear Protective Gear: Always wear a helmet, knee pads, and elbow pads to protect yourself from injuries if you ever have an accident or fall of your Electric Scooter.
- Wear Proper Footwear: Avoid heels, loose shoes or slippers. there will be occasions where you have to place one of your feet down to stop yourself from falling or to stop the scooter quicker to prevent a collision.
- Keep Both Hands on the Handlebars: Always keep both hands on the handlebars for stability and to maintain full control over the Electric Scooter at all times.
- Follow Traffic Rules: Obey traffic signals, signs, and rules, just like you would when driving a car or riding a bicycle.
- Stay Alert: Be aware of your surroundings and anticipate potential hazards such as pedestrians, vehicles, or obstacles coming onto your path.
- Avoid Distractions: Don’t use your phone, headphones or other electronic device while riding to maintain your focus on the road ahead and be aware of traffic around you like a car coming from behind.
- Stay Visible: Wear bright or reflective clothing, especially if riding in low-light conditions or at night, to increase your visibility to other road users.
- Never ride at night without a light: Riding a scooter without a light at night is dangerous because it significantly reduces your visibility to other vehicles, pedestrians, and obstacles on the road. Without proper illumination, you increase the risk of accidents and collisions, making it unsafe for both yourself and others sharing the road.
- Signal Your Intentions: Use hand signals or electronic indicators to communicate turns or stops to other road users and Pedestrians. if you’re don’t have electronic indicators and need to use your hand; you should slow down or come to a stop first to avoid losing control of scooter.
- Exercise extra caution on unfamiliar routes: An unexpected bump can be the reason; you’re thrown off your scooter in the blink of an eye resulting in a broken hand or head injury.
