Scooter having a rear wheel hood mounted on a rear wheel thereof

A scooter includes a horizontal footrest frame and a rear wheel-mounting member fixed to a rear end of the footrest frame. The wheel-mounting frame includes two spaced apart plates which define a wheel-accommodating space therebetween. A rear wheel is disposed between and is journalled to the plates. A curved spring arm is disposed behind the rear wheel, and has a lower section fixed to distal ends of the plates, and an upper section which extends upwardly and frontwardly from the lower section. A rear wheel hood is disposed circumferentially around and above the rear wheel and the spring arm, and has a front portion, an apex portion, and a rear portion that is fixed to and that is urged by the upper section of the spring arm to define a clearance between the rear wheel and the rear wheel hood and to permit movement of the front portion of the rear wheel hood toward and away from the rear wheel such that an external force applied on the front portion of the rear wheel hood results in colliding of the front portion of the rear wheel hood against the rear wheel to provide a retarding force to counteract a forward movement of the rear wheel.