I saw a guy wipe out on his scooter today.

I was coming out of a shoe store after having picked up some leather shoe protection spray. Just as I was putting on my helmet, I heard that familiar sound of a bump followed by hard heavy plastic grinding on concrete. Turning my head over my shoulder, I watched a scooter sliding down the main road with a guy doing "the roll" (you know, like in the movies when people jump out of moving vehicles) -- with his left hand still clutching his cell phone. Made me chuckle, because I can't stand it when scooters talk on the phone which riding. It's illegal and makes them ride half-assed. Good for him.

He got up immediately and ran to his scooter, picked it up, and scootered off. That's kind of the way most scooter accidents (self-induced) happen. The injured often aren't too bad, most severely to the ego.

I'm sure he hasn't learned his lesson yet, so I hope he has another accident soon while chatting on his cell.