Many scooter riders are very safety conscious. However... Many are not. I've seen many making left turns with no signal, edging past traffic in the right lane in intersections and generally acting like traffic laws don't apply to them. If you're going to ride a scooter, you've got to follow the rules of the road just like everyone else and maybe even more so. Like the person in the article said, if you get hit by a car, the car is going to win.