The only way that's going to happen is if everyone who buys one of these things rides responsibly. Don't cut people off, don't be obnoxious on it, and always yield the right of way to pedestrians. If everyone riding uses common courtesy, then electric scooters will soon become a respected form of transportation. Remember, it only takes a couple of bad apples to ruin it for the rest of us. If you feel the need to scoot around with friends, have them buy their own.
Electric scooters go faster on cement sidewalks than they do on asphalt streets.
Asphalt creates drag on the tires that slows you down by a good one to two miles an hour. On the other hand, we want to stress that you really shouldn't be riding these things on the sidewalk. From personal experience we can tell you that we've had a number of close calls with unsuspecting bystanders coming around the corner. Electric scooters don't do hills. Attempting to ride a scooter up a hill will overheat the unit and cause it to shut down.