
Lindsey Miller has only been scootering for a month, but when she puts on her sparkly silver helmet and wheels her orange Genuine Buddy through the streets she's giddy with the rush of takeoff, the wind in her face, the freedom.
"It's just fun," said Miller, a UCLA graduate student of urban planning who bought the motorized scooter in May because — like many others — she could get around more easily on it than on the bus and more cheaply than in a car.
This year U.S. scooter sales have surged after a two-year slump.