Protective elements and comfortable clothes without giving up being trendy for the new centaurs
From 2020 electric scooters can circulate in the city. Like bikes and skateboards, the green vehicle can be used for small and large daily trips. With some rules: a maximum speed of 20 kilometers per hour, the presence of an acoustic signal, and a set of lights.
Thus we are preparing to see the mobility of our cities changed through sharing stations or personal and agile means used to go to work or the supermarket.
How do you dress as a scooter rider?
Scooter clothing
Let’s start from the basics: that is, from the technical clothing required by law. The new legislation requires that the scooter wears reflective braces at night or in the dark to be identified safely. This does not mean having to give up comfortable clothes or having to choose unpleasant solutions from an aesthetic point of view. Reflective fabrics, those that light up when hit by a beam of light are now packaged according to many solutions. From jackets to trousers, to blouses and down jackets, adopting them does not mean feeling ugly and not very fashionable. Indeed there is plenty of choices. Alternatively, you can always choose a comfortable vest. Certainly a little less practical for the movement but easy to find and wear.
Another aspect is related to safety equipment. The helmet is not mandatory and neither are the knee pads but beyond what the law says, often the best advice to give is to dress more instead of less. On the market, there are models of light and protective helmets that can also be customized according to your tastes. The same goes for the knee pads; in case of even slight falls, they protect against dangerous and potentially disabling impacts.
Heels, sneakers, or flats?
Another issue concerns footwear. If, as we think, the scooter is a candidate to become as common as the bicycle, it will not be uncommon that it will also be used to go to work. But will it get along well with heels and a suit? Here we advise you to wear comfortable shoes, sneakers or classic ballet flats, for the time of the move. In your bag, on the other hand, you can easily keep the option with heels to put on before entering the office according to an old trick of expert centaurs.
Finally the clothes. The scooter does not need great mobility of the lower limbs but the warnings require that clothing that is sufficiently large to allow you to get on the platform with both feet without hindrance. Just slightly wider jeans or a skirt that is not too tight. So equipped you can enjoy the movement in a green version: we are sure.