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As a resident of Raleigh, NC..I can say the feedback has been unexpectedly positive. Although, many people approve of the scooter situation, there has been a c
by monstrado 8y ago
As a resident of Raleigh, NC..I can say the feedback has been unexpectedly positive.
Although, many people approve of the scooter situation, there has been a couple shortcomings:
* Riding on sidewalks!! Not only does the app discourage you from doing it, but most scooters have wrtitten warnings suggesting not to do it.
* Complete disregard for the rules of the road.
I actually sympathize with people who ride scooters. It turns out, the majority are not cyclists, and so, when suddenly put people in charge of such devices they revert to what they know (and are comfortable with), sticking to the sidewalks.
Furthermore, the few that do meander into the road do not know the actual rules of the road. That is, bike / cycling rules. Once the scooter hits the streets it should be treated as a bicycle. It should remain in the right side of the lane (assuming there's no bike lane), should produce all of the turn signals, and should definitely yield as any cyclist would. (I totally get that you might roll through a stop sign because theres nobody around, and there's no point in coming to a complete stop)
Anyway, this is is my mini-rant from having these things dropped off in my town for the last few months.
- lizknope 8y agoI live in Raleigh too and work downtown. When walking on the sidewalks I've almost been run over by scooters about 8 times and been hit twice by jackets flying behind and to the side of the rider. I was okay but it did hurt. All of my coworkers hate the things and some of them are ready to ban them. For the first 2 months everyone I saw on a scooter was riding them on sidewalks. It seems to have gotten better in the last 2 months with scooter riders in the roads.
- ghaff 8y agoI hadn't been in Raleigh 4 hours last week and I almost got run down on one of the narrower sidewalks.