Originally Posted by
livedarklions
This isn't really a bicycling issue, but those things are just too fast and poorly controlled to be on a sidewalk. That car is not going fast and has already pulled out 3/4 of its length when the scooter hit it in the rear door. That means the scooter had several seconds to stop, and yet still ran smack into the car.
Having watched people slalom around pedestrians on a crowded sidewalk on these things, they're just a major accident waiting to happen. Either they need to be operated in the streets or not at all.
And from what I see the driver needed to commit to straddling the sidewalk crossing to be able to see well enough to safely enter the roadway. There are a lot of sidewalks situations that are similar. I described one earlier in this thread. While you are right that this is not a bicycling issue, the lessons certainly apply well to bicyclists.