What's maybe not so obvious is how much danger scooters expose pedestrians and cyclists to. Scooter riders are not just a danger to themselves. They have much less road awareness than motor cyclists and tend to zoom in and out of crowded cycle lanes and right through car lanes and zebra crossings as if there are no rules at all in and around Amsterdam. I've seen more than one pretty bad accident involving a scooter and pedestrians or cyclists and I've yet to see my first accident with a car and pedestrians or cyclists (in Amsterdam, elsewhere it's unfortunately not such a good record).