Scooter safety
To the editor:
“Free-spirited scooter fans love their ‘hip machines'” (Journal-World, Oct. 5).
Ah, yes. They are fun, but has anyone thought to inform the riders that:
1) Eye protection — not sunglasses, but actual “safety” type glasses — is required for rider and passenger in Kansas. I see far too many riders without eye protection, including Falestine Afani Ruzik.
2) In Kansas, helmets are required for individuals under 18; she’s 20, so she doesn’t have to wear one. But she should; I can tell her a couple of tales.
3) Common sense should be a requisite. I’ve even seen some riders without shoes!
John Hamm,
Lawrence