Are There Any Safety Issues Regarding Electric Scooters For Kids?
So you are thinking of buying your child an electric scooter. An electric scooter for kids is a great gift idea. You should know however that these scooters are not meant for children under the age of five. This is because the children do not yet have a sense of stability integrated in their brain stability control center. Children begin to evolve this stability center after the age of four when they usually start to ride their bikes without extra wheels on them. Most bicycle these days can achieve much higher speeds than the electric scooters so it is safe to say that electric scooters could be in a way safer than ordinary bikes. There is a blocking mechanism that does not allow the electric scooter to go over a certain speed limit. They are usually limited to no more than 15 mph. And when I say 15 mph I mean the models for the older children. The smallest models do not achieve speeds of over 10 mph. Although these speeds are relatively small there are always safety issues involved. E
