It suddenly occurs to me that no-one knows that Art's scooter is now self-aware. The Quads are certain to find out and, when they do, will they act in line with their consciences? I've just got a feeling that Art will indeed find out just what it's like to have a real-life Transformer as a mode of transport.
Scarlet's defence will be that they didn't add any of the forbidden things. They were there in the first place, they just fixed them!