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DC had a scooter death a couple months ago marking among the first in the country: https://dc.curbed.com/2018/9/26/17905378/electric-scooter-death https://dc.cu
by Beefin 8y ago
DC had a scooter death a couple months ago marking among the first in the country: https://dc.curbed.com/2018/9/26/17905378/electric-scooter-death https://dc.curbed.com/2018/9/26/17905378/electric-scooter-de...
The wheels are way too small for some of the pot holes in cities.
- gkoberger 8y agoAnd about 33k people die every year in car crashes. The scale is _very_ different, but transportation is always unfortunately somewhat deadly... people are out in the real world and are moving fast.
- randyrand 8y agoInvolving a car. I wonder if these scooters will cause a death anytime soon without needing to use a car. That would be much more interesting.
- Cristian_knur 8y agoSomeone died the other day in a Lime scooter after hitting a tree. If you search for news on scooter accidents you will see they are more likely with Limes. Why not Bird? Because Bird throttles the speed according to the current laws (15mph) while Limes go sometimes up to 20mph. Disclaimer: I work for Bird.
- the_clarence 8y agoWhen are you guys coming to SF? I don’t have a driver license so I can’t use the shitty alternatives we have at the moment.
- justboxing 8y agoand one more mentioned in the article of another dude falling and dying cos he was not wearing a helmet. Only a matter of time before these Lime and Bird sidewalk riders kill a pedestrian.