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5 top tips for children: how to stay safe when scooting.

Words by Micro Scooters

May 29, 2024

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2 minutes

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Use your head and wear a helmet.

Ultimately, the best way to keep children safe whilst scooting is by ensuring they wear their helmets for every journey. In addition, you should also make sure they are seen and heard by using a scooter light and a bell. Once they have all the gear and you've given their scooter a mini MOT, they need to be reminded of the 5 top tips for safe scooting before leaving the house.

Here's our advice to ensure that each and every scooting adventure that your child makes is a safe one:

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1. Never, ever scoot on the road.

Cars and lorries will not be expecting to see scooters amongst the traffic. Because of the size of scooter wheels, they’re more likely to catch on drain covers and potholes. This can suddenly skew steering or cause a fall onto the road and toward traffic.


2. Stop, Look, Listen, Live.

Always ensure that you come to a complete stop at kerbs and stand next to your scooter when waiting to cross. It is important to stand with both feet firmly on the ground, holding your scooter in both hands before applying the green cross code to avoid any nasty accidents. Never ride your scooter to travel across the road.


3. Be an A+ rider

Never scoot in a way that will frighten other pavement users. Think about the dangers of scooting past driveways and doorways, especially when high walls, fences and hedges stop you from seeing what is on the other side. Travel at a sensible speed, and don't ride too close to people walking in front of you.

Sometimes, the pavements can be busy with people walking and pushing pushchairs. Even if you are late, slow down and wait your turn.

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4. Know when to stop.

You should always be aware of how your scooter feels to ride over different surfaces: drain covers and uneven tarmac. The weather can also make scooting more hazardous, with rain and ice being the worst culprits. Sometimes travelling downhill can also cause you to pick up speed unexpectedly; be aware of how fast you're travelling and if in doubt slow down and always use your brake to slow.


5. Save stunts for the skate park.

It's very tempting to use the curbs of pavements to try out the latest tricks, but they are not always the safest places to do so. With many cars parking curb-side and uneven pavements forcing a misjudged scooter rider onto the road, it is best to keep these stunts where they belong.

Scooting is liberating. At Micro Scooters, we’re huge fans of getting as much use out of your scooter as you can. After all, they are built to make the most of urban environments. Follow these top 5 tips for safe scooting, and you'll be well on your way to ensuring every scooter journey you make is safe.

Hop on. Push off. Have fun.