Our Argo scooters have passed the DOT braking tests with flying colors, but we wanted to see how we stacked up against a few representative brands.

All scooters used in the test had brakes sufficiently broken in.  We used two experienced riders of  similar weight.  We set up an off-road course where the riders could get to a stabilized speed of 30 mph.  We used a radar gun to test the accuracy of the speedometers of the various scooters.  The Argo was dead on at 30 mph, so when not being tested, was used as the "pace car" to insure the accuracy of the braking tests.

Each rider was instructed to come to a line on the pavement at 30 mph, at that point they were to panic stop.  They were told to avoid locking the brakes since a skidding wheel does not brake as efficiently.  We tested with both brakes, front brake only and rear brake only.

Each rider made 3 runs, then switched scooters and made 3 more runs.  The 6 measured stopping distances for each test were then averaged.  The table below shows the results.