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Any arguments against e-scooters is an argument against general bicycles, because they generally go about as fast and are about the same weight. If a person is

Any arguments against e-scooters is an argument against general bicycles, because they generally go about as fast and are about the same weight. If a person is against scooters but not against bicycles, then they are being hypocritical and probably don't like them because they are new and different. The e-scooter rental business model is a different thing, because you can do the exact same business model with plain bicycles as china has shown. So if I was a cop, would I really give a shit about things that were equivalent to bicycles? No, unless I was on a ticket revenue generation kick.

seabee 8y ago
Bicycles aren't legal on UK pavements either. If you're forced onto the road there isn't any benefit to an e-scooter vs an e-bike.
eeeeeeeeeeeee 8y ago
That simply isn’t true. A lot of states or cities have laws saying bicycles must operate like a vehicle, because it moves closer to vehicle speeds instead of pedestrians. Which isn’t why bicycles aren’t often illegal on sidewalks. Scooters, electric ones, moved closer to bicycle speed and yet many cities treat scooters closer to pedestrians.