Kick scooters – a flat board on wheels with a long handle at the front, propelled by foot – have been made for at least 100 years as toys for children. Florence’s Autoped was one of the first examples of motorised kick scooters. Like a child’s scooter, it had no seat.
c. 1915 Four special delivery postmen for the US Postal Service try out new scooters. Image: Underwood Archives/Getty Images