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No,
the centre of gravity on an e scooter is way lower, where the feet touch, the centre of gravity for that ebike thing is near where her ass touches aka the seat, its MUCH more unstable, especially with her feet splayed like that as well
it's precisely why offroad riders sit OFF the seat, to lower the centre of gravity to make their bike/motorbike/ebike more maneuverable.
the unstable thing is her carrying her groceries in bags on the handlebars, it's a fucking pendulum, it's why jesus invented backpacks for e scooters.
Sorry chief. With the greatest respect, that's just not how "centre of gravity" works.
We could argue semantics, but basically physics doesn't care what's you and what is the scooter. Standing up increases the height of your mass.
"offroad riders" stand up for a few reasons, the main one is that you can move your mass forward or backward or left or right. The other reason is that your knees and elbows act as additional active suspension, you can even "scrub" bumps and small jumps by lifting the bike up towards your mass.
Sorry but it's kind of absurd to suggest that you can lower your centre of gravity by standing up.
When you have an accident, if you're standing up you're far more likely to go over the bar if you're standing up - that seems intuitive to me.
Whether or not you're more maneuverable and therefore less likely to have an accident because you're standing up is unknowable without data IMO.