# Anybody try one of those Razor scooters? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 31, 2000, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-try-one-of-those-razor-scooters/27567 "2000-07-31T17:32:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Baglady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Baglady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baglady)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-try-one-of-those-razor-scooters/27567/1 "2000-07-31T17:32:22Z")
I’m considering getting one of those Razor scooters. Anyone have any experience with them? I’m particularly looking for folks who might have tried tooling around on one on unpaved roads. ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-try-one-of-those-razor-scooters/27567/2 "2000-07-31T17:34:42Z")
I WANT THOSE TO STOP. Two months ago I saw maybe 1 in all of SF. Now everybody and their grandma has one. They are the worst example of a fast moving obnoxious trend. In the last three days I’ve almost been hit twice by people on those. If you do get one, get one of the motorized one’s, they at least are rarer and look somewhat cooler. ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-try-one-of-those-razor-scooters/27567/3 "2000-07-31T17:41:13Z")
Here as well. I want to take every damned one I see and chuck them. I can understand the kids going bonkers for these things like they did with pokémon, but I’m seeing adults ride these things around town… _¿huh?_ The motorized ones at least have an excuse, they go faster… And I can see that here in NYC. But the regular ones, I really wanna fold up and chuck! ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-try-one-of-those-razor-scooters/27567/4 "2000-07-31T17:44:00Z")
But, don’t worry Baglady. Just put your official SD sticker prominently on the front of your scooter, and you will be safe from our wrath. ---
**Author:** ![labradorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@labradorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/labradorian)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-try-one-of-those-razor-scooters/27567/5 "2000-07-31T19:30:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by oldscratch \* > \*\*I WANT THOSE TO STOP. Two months ago I saw maybe 1 in all of SF. Now everybody and their grandma has one. They are the worst example of a fast moving obnoxious trend. In the last three days I’ve almost been hit twice by people on those. > If you do get one, get one of the motorized one’s, they at least are rarer and look somewhat cooler. \*\* The motorized ones pollute. The unmotorized ones don’t. Don’t ever let me hear you bitching about smog. ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-try-one-of-those-razor-scooters/27567/6 "2000-07-31T19:40:10Z")
And the motorized ones are louder than all hell. Some little brat in my neighborhood takes to tooling around the 'hood at top speed, which sounds like a weed whacker with a loudspeaker attached. ARGH. Tell me how skateboards are illegal on streets and sidewalks, but scooters are not? The injustice kills me… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-try-one-of-those-razor-scooters/27567/7 "2000-07-31T19:55:38Z")
I have one. And I’m _not_ too old! ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-try-one-of-those-razor-scooters/27567/8 "2000-07-31T20:21:06Z")
Where I work, they get confiscated if people bring them into the store, and the parking lot security has authority to do so as well. I think they’re the stupidest things I’ve seen. I’ve seen the little rollerblade wheels those things use break apart if they hit a rock at (relatively) high speeds. I’ve seen them flip over because the rider was leaning too far forward. Horrible incidents all of them, but I can’t help laughing at their idiocy for wanting one of those. ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-try-one-of-those-razor-scooters/27567/9 "2000-07-31T22:44:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by labradorian \* > \*\* > The motorized ones pollute. The unmotorized ones don’t. Don’t ever let me hear you bitching about smog. \*\* You won’t. I live in SF. All our pollution gets blown into the South and east bays. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-try-one-of-those-razor-scooters/27567/10 "2000-07-31T22:50:59Z")
> [@](#): > > The motorized ones pollute. The unmotorized ones don’t. If a Razor scooter is what I think it is, I have seen a catalog selling a similar product with an electric motor. There’s also a TV commercial featuring a Gen-Xer riding one of these electrified scooters to his cubicle.