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The scooters you're referring too are more similar to mopeds than what this article is about. The ones in the article are basically electric razor scooters and top out at like 15mph.

I think you are clearly confused what an electric scooter is. The scooter in Asian countries which looks more like a Motor cycle is not the scooter being talked about in the article.

>declares jihad on anything without bicycle pedals and what can ride faster than 32km/h. Motorcycle licenses are technically/hypothetically available

This should sound very familiar to residents of at least one state in the US.