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to boot they are facilitating the hostile usability of urban areas for pedestrians now terrorised by idiots on these.
by easytiger 7y ago
to boot they are facilitating the hostile usability of urban areas for pedestrians now terrorised by idiots on these.
- ctoth 7y agoGiven that before self-same idiots would be driving two ton death boxes, this seems like a pretty good trade off to me.
- bongobongo 7y agoI've never seen somebody drive a car on the sidewalk. I see scooteridiots going 15+ MPH on the sidewalk all the time.
- organsnyder 7y agoWe don't have them in my city (thankfully), but in the cities I've visited most of the people using them were teenage joyriders who would otherwise be walking.
- elygre 7y agoM50 here. Have it, use it, love it.
- DisruptiveDave 7y agoTo purport that these people drive cars and ride scooters in the same manner is unfair. Same with bicyclists - I witness dozens of them running stop signs and red lights every single day. Can't imagine they do the same in cars.
- Dirrk 7y agoYou don't need a license to ride scooters. Yesterday I saw a gaggle of preteens riding a squadron of scooters.
- easytiger 7y agoIncorrect. In London they replace people getting trains for the most part. They also make flagrant use of pavements.
- Fins 7y agoSomehow I doubt that where you live, those "two ton death boxes" are often driven on a sidewalk. If scooters keep to the road, they are perfectly fine. When they drive on sidewalks, eventually one of them will be biting my elbow.