I guess cars really stick to the rules because they know they have to. Maybe we need to step up enforcement of scooter rules. Or introduce some rudimentary exam+permit.
I’d love to know where you live, because it sounds like Arcadia.
Where I live, at least, cars also ignore speed limits, don’t stop for pedestrians crossing, often cruise blithely through red lights, drive the wrong way on one-way streets…
For a while (when I was still cycling to the office) I was doing my best to film or photograph this type of behavior - which was difficult when it was over in a couple of seconds. I got quite a few films of cars driving on cycle lanes and the wrong direction, with the intention of somehow reporting it. But in the end I realized it was just a waste of time.
Anyways - at least I never find a car dumped in the forest. That’s something over scooters, I guess
https://google.com/search?q=abandoned+car+in+forest&tbm=isch
Anyway, my point wasn't that cars are sticklers for rules, but that to the extent they do, it's because the consequences of non compliance are potentially severe.
Drive on an escooter the wrong way with no lights at night through a red light, and hit a pedestrian? Get up and keep going.