Sure, Charly. The technology exists to control the hire ones, I know. (Some of ours ended up in the river, too!) It's controlling the use/modification of private ones that is the problem.
Someone said earlier that it was a good idea to give young people the opportunity to get used to traffic and road use but making scooters available is not the answer. Even if you had courses, there are enough kids who just don't care about regulations. And I don't buy the NRA argument that it isn't scooters, it's people. If it's people, don't give them scooters - unless there is serious regulation.
I'm afraid (much like USAnian gun laws) that moment has passed.
People have access to escooters, esitdownscooters and e-bikes based around a 'safety bicycle' frame all capable of keeping up with (and passing) other local motorised traffic
which are for all purposes e-motorbikes.
The legislations lags so severely that companies like Segway (launched in 1999) have not gained any foothold in gaining a legal approval for use on public areas.
Remember how long people were using LED bike lights for?
How long did it take to update the legislation, and how many bike lights
actually conform to the UK regs?
For that last one, I'll give you a clue: it's the same number of starter homes built during the Conservative government between 2014 and 2019.