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No need for fancy sensors and ai - I used an electric scooter rental in Germany recently, and it made me do a reaction speed test on my phone before starting. S

No need for fancy sensors and ai - I used an electric scooter rental in Germany recently, and it made me do a reaction speed test on my phone before starting. Super easy.

JamesBarney 4y ago
Are they worried you'll kill someone with your electric scooter?
- exclusiv 4y ago
  It happens as it causes swerves and crashes. Deer do this too. With a deer your best course of action is to try and stop but mow it over if necessary. With a person swerving on a bike or moped, you may not be able to stop in time and most likely swerve.
- willsmith72 4y ago
  They're worried you'll kill yourself
  - JamesBarney 4y ago
    If people can get on an escorted i wonder if they wall or uber. If they walk i could totally see the total number of fatalities being hire than escooting. Similar to how drunken walking has a higher fatality raid than drunken driving/biking.
- Broken_Hippo 4y ago
  Yes, especially yourself if you aren't wearing a helmet. More commonly, though, the electric scooters cause injuries and accidents. Starting next year, Norway is requiring insurance for them and rental prices will surely increase in response.
- twobitshifter 4y ago
  It is inexplicable how e scooters are treated like death machines in comparison to 4000 pound SUVs which get no restrictions. Scooters have regulated speed, zones that are banned from use, reaction tests, sidewalk restrictions and on and on. You would think there were thousands of e scooter deaths per year.
- mschuster91 4y ago
  That was introduced during the Oktoberfest here in Munich, as there had been dozens of injuries and hundreds of people so drunk they got their license revoked on the spot in 2019 [1]. Operators didn't want the hassle of the paperwork involved with drunk drivers, crashes and followup costs, so they agreed with the city on implementing a "latency test" or other scare-offs [2]. Some of the operators already had that voluntarily activated during night time in other cities, some had to implement it from scratch, but I think they will more-or-less keep it in place. Additionally, the potential for severe injury is way higher with a scooter than it is with a bike. Scooters run faster and are way more sensitive to steering input. [1] https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article201502060/Nach-Oktoberfest-Betrunken-auf-E-Scootern-Hunderte-Fuehrerscheine-einkassiert.html https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article201502060/Nach-Oktobe... [2] https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/oktoberfest-sperrzone-fuer-e-scooter-um-theresienwiese,TI3RBUP https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/oktoberfest-sperrzone-f...

No need for fancy sensors and ai - I used an electric scooter rental in Germany recently, and it made me do a reaction speed test on my phone before starting. Super easy.

JamesBarney 4y ago

Are they worried you'll kill someone with your electric scooter?

exclusiv 4y ago
It happens as it causes swerves and crashes. Deer do this too. With a deer your best course of action is to try and stop but mow it over if necessary. With a person swerving on a bike or moped, you may not be able to stop in time and most likely swerve.
willsmith72 4y ago
They're worried you'll kill yourself
- JamesBarney 4y ago
  If people can get on an escorted i wonder if they wall or uber. If they walk i could totally see the total number of fatalities being hire than escooting. Similar to how drunken walking has a higher fatality raid than drunken driving/biking.
Broken_Hippo 4y ago
Yes, especially yourself if you aren't wearing a helmet. More commonly, though, the electric scooters cause injuries and accidents. Starting next year, Norway is requiring insurance for them and rental prices will surely increase in response.
twobitshifter 4y ago
It is inexplicable how e scooters are treated like death machines in comparison to 4000 pound SUVs which get no restrictions. Scooters have regulated speed, zones that are banned from use, reaction tests, sidewalk restrictions and on and on. You would think there were thousands of e scooter deaths per year.
mschuster91 4y ago
That was introduced during the Oktoberfest here in Munich, as there had been dozens of injuries and hundreds of people so drunk they got their license revoked on the spot in 2019 [1]. Operators didn't want the hassle of the paperwork involved with drunk drivers, crashes and followup costs, so they agreed with the city on implementing a "latency test" or other scare-offs [2]. Some of the operators already had that voluntarily activated during night time in other cities, some had to implement it from scratch, but I think they will more-or-less keep it in place. Additionally, the potential for severe injury is way higher with a scooter than it is with a bike. Scooters run faster and are way more sensitive to steering input. [1] https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article201502060/Nach-Oktoberfest-Betrunken-auf-E-Scootern-Hunderte-Fuehrerscheine-einkassiert.html https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article201502060/Nach-Oktobe... [2] https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/oktoberfest-sperrzone-fuer-e-scooter-um-theresienwiese,TI3RBUP https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/oktoberfest-sperrzone-f...