I have never owned nor would i want to own a scooter, From my experiance with a 125cc motorbike. You have no road presence and the majority of other road users will go out of there way to cut you up. I remember one incident were a car under-took (is that how you spell it? :s) me on the left on a 40 Mph road....yes i played a part in presenting the road space with bad lane positioning however the other driver had no remorse with performing a very dangerouse manouver. That set aside i have a high respect for scooter riders, on these dark,wet and cold nights i see more scooters than motorbikes and as such i always make sure to give them a friendly nod.