12-year-old girl dead, another injured after their motorized scooter collided with a school bus

[RockRaven]

7. The laws are different in every state, but in mine there'd be 2-4 major violations going on there, before the accident.

The wreckage in the article's first picture is not what I expected from "electric scooter" or "motorized scooter" but the article repeatedly calls it that, so I shall proceed with my two cents anyway.

In CA, motorized scooters are classified in such a way that a driver's license is required (in practice that means a minimum age as well). Only one rider allowed. And they have a 15 MPH speed limit, and limited operational areas.

From the CA state website:

A motorized scooter has 2 wheels, a motor, handlebars, and a floorboard that you can stand on while riding it.

You can only drive motorized scooters on a bicycle path, trail, or bikeway, not on a sidewalk, and you cannot exceed a speed of 15 mph.

You do not need to register motorized scooters.

You can drive a motorized scooter with any class driver’s license.

Some schools around here have already limited which types of e-bikes and such are allowed on campuses (lots of elementary and middle schoolers ride to/from) to discourage usage of the more dangerous/capable/faster ones and to knock some awareness into the parents -- many of whom are apparently oblivious to the dangers their purchases have created.

More law enforcement is not the solution to every problem (including this one), but I am curious what the specific laws in MA are... The article doesn't really say.