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Given how bad their riders behave on the sidewalk, how they try to block the sidewalk, and how they ignore boundries. I love the fact that scooters are being de
by monksy 6y ago
Given how bad their riders behave on the sidewalk, how they try to block the sidewalk, and how they ignore boundries. I love the fact that scooters are being destroyed.
- jonny_eh 6y agoOn the other hand, if this means more cars on the road I think it's a net loss for everyone, including pedestrians.
- monksy 6y agoWhat's wrong with cars on the road? Too many cars on the road, that's a city/government issue. They should improve and increase public transit options. Scooters detract from public transit and from resources used to keep the city clean and/or enforcement from the problems they create.
- jonny_eh 6y ago> What's wrong with cars on the road? Pollution, traffic, accidents.
- monksy 6y agoWith cars those problems are easier to fix. (You need a license to operate a vehicle, but not a scooter). Scooters do produce pollution (someone has to dive more than the distance of the scooter traveled to recharge, plus the environmental cost of the batteries, and the shorter lifespan), traffic and accidents as well.
- akgerber 6y agoThe lower energy due to lower speeds and vehicle masses make ebike crashes far less severe than motor vehicle crashes. We have 40,000 dead a year in the US in car crashes, plus three million nonfatal injuries. I'm sure someone among your friends & family has been killed by a car crash. This can be improved with lighter cars, lower speeds, and pedestrian safety standards, but it can also be improved by fewer VMTs by getting more road users on intrinsically-safer vehicles.