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> Why don’t you take 2 minutes and push them to the side of the sidewalk if you care so much about ADA access? Because you’ll be doing this over and over again
by rad_gruchalski 5y ago
> Why don’t you take 2 minutes and push them to the side of the sidewalk if you care so much about ADA access?
Because you’ll be doing this over and over again. How about those companies educate their users how to behave in a neighbourhood where those people are basically guests?
- josephcsible 5y agoThat may be a valid argument to not push them all to the side every time, but it isn't a valid argument for intentionally worsening the problem.
- rad_gruchalski 5y agoHow does the gp make the problem worse? Instead of gently moving them over to the side of the sidewalk, they toss it to the side of the sidewalk. End result is the same, they’re out of the way… Just a bit more rage maybe in the process.
- josephcsible 5y agoBy knocking them over, they're now wide enough to be in the way even on the side.
- peteradio 5y agoToss them into a pile will make them more compact. Really it wouldn't take too long to clear a whole sidewalk of them, granted it might get more difficult once the pile gets to significant height. But I'm thinking 1 scooter toss every 2-5 seconds: 1 grunt grab, 2 grunt grab, 3 grunt grab etc, you can imagine it happening at a decent pace.
- zenithd 5y agoGP said “and out of the way”.
- JohnJamesRambo 5y agoI mean do we really need the scooters at all in a country with 71.6% of adults overweight? A walk would do some good.
- triceratops 5y agoLet's be real, no one's going to walk. If they scooter instead of driving, it's a win.
- jaredmosley 5y agoExactly. Where I've gotten the most benefit from scooters is in cities like Dallas and Phoenix. It's impossible to walk around those cities because they're so big and spread out, but a scooter means I don't need to drive constantly.
- kube-system 5y agoI don't imagine that would help. Most of these scooter companies already do some sort of education regarding traffic laws... but when was the last time you saw a person on a scooter, stopped at a red light, wearing a helmet? The only way it'll be fixed is if someone actually enforces compliance.
- blacksmith_tb 5y agoI agree, and even if punishing bad behavior is appealing, I think it'd work best if Scooter Co. added sensors so it could tell/see where the rider parked the scooter, and rewarded good parking with free rides (which would also prevent griefing the last rider by quickly dragging it somewhere terrible to get them punished).
- widdakay 5y agoLast time I rode one they required that I take a picture of how I left it to prove that I abided by their placement rules in order to end the ride.
- kube-system 5y agoI think most of those simply require that you send a picture. I'm not sure that they validate that the scooter is parked correctly, and I have seen people submit pictures of other scooters parked correctly.
- rad_gruchalski 5y agoI haven’t, one of these things knocked me out unconscious while I was waiting for green light to cross the road. It came from the side, hit me, I landed in the middle of the street. Happened right in front of the central station in Antwerpen. Just imagine how confused you are waking up laying in the middle of the road while a paramedic smacks you in the face and asks you if you know what your name is. I’m going to spare the details for how long the grit I landed with my face on was coming out of my nose and the chin. I don’t understand how it’s okay for these scooters to be legal. They are so quiet and so fast. They can come from any direction and you’ll not hear a thing. Apparently that’s what is so appealing about them. I mean, with a car there are at least some clearly defined rules. Barring mental people, everyone drives on the roads, within clearly defined lanes while we walk on the sidewalk. These scooters are everywhere!