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I'd add that it seems like a worst of all worlds vehicle in my limited experience. I've only ridden one once in what was a busy downtown (I suspect the only pla
by hotpotamus 4y ago
I'd add that it seems like a worst of all worlds vehicle in my limited experience. I've only ridden one once in what was a busy downtown (I suspect the only place these things could possibly make economic sense). Riding on the sidewalk was frustrating because you're limited to other people's walking speed (and paying by the minute), so I switched to the street and immediately wondered how I'm not hearing about mass scooter deaths everyday because now you're basically a pedestrian moving amongst cars; the smallest of which weigh well over a ton. That was my first and last ride, and I can't believe that it was legal for me to ride either on the street or the sidewalk on one of those things.
- jnwatson 4y agoYep. I’ve taken one ride on a Bird. As soon as I got up to full speed, my first thought was “I really should be wearing a helmet”.
- prepend 4y agoMy first thought was “wheee.”
- hn_throwaway_99 4y agoCDC did a good study about scooter injuries in Austin and it wasn't pretty: https://www.kxan.com/news/cdc-nearly-half-of-injured-austin-scooter-riders-studied-had-severe-injuries/ https://www.kxan.com/news/cdc-nearly-half-of-injured-austin-...