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It's a stretch to think they were even a good idea in theory. Putting riders with no helmets and no wrist protection on electric scooters is just this side of d
by Zigurd 4y ago
It's a stretch to think they were even a good idea in theory. Putting riders with no helmets and no wrist protection on electric scooters is just this side of distributing free trampolines on the public pavement as a safety disaster.
The shortest path to transforming city transportation is protected bike lanes and law enforcement putting in the effort to put bike theft rings (if you have ever passed a pickup with dozens of bikes in the bed, that's a theft ring taking bikes far enough away from where they were stolen to sell them) out of business.
- paulgb 4y agoI feel safer on my electric scooter than my (non-assist) bike, because I can accelerate quickly enough that cars don't zoom around me. It also solves the theft problem for me, because I can take it with me inside instead of locking it up. I agree that dockless scooters were always a stretch. I hope if they go away, they'll have been a gateway drug for private ownership of e-scooters.
- lelanthran 4y ago> It's a stretch to think they were even a good idea in theory. Putting riders with no helmets and no wrist protection on electric scooters is just this side of distributing free trampolines on the public pavement as a safety disaster. Any idea what the injury/accident/fatality rates are for scooters vs bicycles?
- drc500free 4y agoFor n=1, 100% accident/injury, 0% fatality. Those things shouldn't go above 10mph. The tech makes them seem like a bike until anything at all goes wrong, like hitting a small pothole or clipping the corner of a road barrier. Then you're suddenly in mid air above a city street with nothing helping you out. A bike can handle hitting something small, and has enough of a gyroscopic effect that it doesn't just fall over.