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Did you know that there are places outside of the US? > Scooters are very limited in cargo capacity Only Americans would be regularly ordering so much takeout
by prvit 4y ago
Did you know that there are places outside of the US?
> Scooters are very limited in cargo capacity
Only Americans would be regularly ordering so much takeout as to worry about scooters not being able to transport it. You really need to reconsider your dietary choices if this is a serious concern.
> Scooters […] are not particularly viable in rainy or winter weather
Scooters are perfectly viable in rainy weather. Nobody does food deliveries with a car in London.
- dahart 4y agoSure I do, that’s part of my point. That doesn’t answer the question. Why do you claim “most”?
- prvit 4y agoBecause it’s the norm in Europe, in Asia and Africa. Probably Latin America too.
- dahart 4y agoDo you have any data or other backup for your claim besides opinion? You might be right, I’m just curious. Do you know where scooters aren’t the norm? Do you know how often alternatives are used and for what reasons?
- prvit 4y agoUS and Canada are probably the only places where scooters aren't the norm. I guess in Kyiv and Bucharest you see a decent amount of deliveries with cars, but those people are mostly driving super cheap LPG vehicles. Even in Dubai scooters are the norm, despite the city embracing a very American take on urban design. No, I don't have data to back this up. I don't need to, this is obvious to anyone who has traveled the world. If you read this thread, you will only see Americans talking about food delivered by car.
- dahart 4y ago> Only Americans would be regularly ordering so much takeout as to worry about scooters not being able to transport it. You really need to reconsider your dietary choices if this is a serious concern. I’m sorry you felt the need to get snarky. Making assumptions undermines your argument. It’s not hard for the orders for 2 families of light eaters to not fit in a single scooter.
- prvit 4y agoYou can easily carry food for 10 people on a scooter unless the packaging is crazy. This, again, is the norm in Europe. Why should the average delivery guy be driving a car to be able to accept big orders that probably make up less than 1% of all deliveries?
- cycomanic 4y agoActually most of the delivery people here are on bikes, scooters (the motor ones) or electric scooters, I've never seen a car delivery. They are carrying big backpacks like this one https://search.brave.com/images?q=deliveroo+driver+backpack&img=0 https://search.brave.com/images?q=deliveroo+driver+backpack&... Now I still dislike the services and it's really annoying that they caused this revival of motorscooters who are now driving recklessly on the bike paths, but transport volume is really not an issue.
- prvit 4y agoThat’s an unusually small one too. On scooters you tend to see much bigger rigid boxes, like this https://i.pinimg.com/736x/13/e1/1a/13e11aab642c5589b92ae570f5a1f409--formula-one-racing.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/736x/13/e1/1a/13e11aab642c5589b92ae570f...
- dahart 4y agoWhere’s “here”? What justifies claiming “most”? I’ve seen lots and lots of car delivery in the US. I’ve seen car delivery in China too. Also Iceland, Mexico and Spain. And I’ve seen scooters in all of those countries. I have no problem with people saying there’s a “lot” of scooters/motorcycles/bikes/whatever, relatively. It might be most, but “most” is a specific and strong claim that may not be true and can’t be backed up, and should be stated as such.