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Scooters come with brake lights, indicators… And as far as I know, in most countries the scooters and bicycles are in a similar or same category so the same helmet laws apply to both of them.
The problem is enforcement and education - bikes are usually owned, not rented, and people have been told for years why it’s important to wear a helmet. A bicycle is a large thing that you leave locked, and you can lock the helmet together with the bike. With scooters you’d have to take the helmet with you so it’s perceived as inconvenient, and we don’t have years of messaging saying “wear a helmet with your scooter”.
But to me enforcement is a big part of this. I live in a cycling city (mind you, a cycling city in the UK is still significantly more car-centric than central/northern Europe), and I have never heard of anyone getting fined for not wearing a helmet (neither on a scooter or bicycle). I routinely see people wearing dark clothes and no lights in their bike. If that’s in the regulations, then clearly the police have better things to do. If nobody gets a fine, and there’s no education drilling into people’s heads that the helmet is important, then people won’t bother.
Absolute yea!
Although I wasn’t a fan of how the goblins kept acting like they were going to eat the baby, ready with knives and forks, but no, really it was the king the only one who was going to try it.
My brain can usually get around the sci-fi-magic in doctor who but that sort of argumental u-turn gets me scratching my head for too long, even if it’s a small detail.