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These scooters are not intended to be used on sidewalks.

• TulliusCicero 4y ago
  Yes, though I can hardly blame people for doing it. They should be used in bike infrastructure instead, but at least in the states there's almost no safe bike infrastructure except in a handful of cities. Choosing between the sidewalk with pedestrians and the road with cars, I mean it's obvious right?
  • sokoloff 4y ago
    There is a long list of things that would optimize for individuals’ outcomes that contravene the laws society has passed.
    • TulliusCicero 4y ago
      Yeah, and when the individual outcome is "not dying", ignoring society's laws is pretty reasonable.
• bogota 4y ago
  Yes but i see about 90% of people using them on sidewalks unfortunately
• Zak 4y ago
  And some of the scooter companies have developed technology to detect when people ride them on sidewalks. Mandating its use or fining the rental companies for rider behavior would help with this problem. https://electrek.co/2020/01/30/limes-electric-scooters-can-now-detect-sidewalk-riding-and-theyll-snitch/ https://electrek.co/2020/01/30/limes-electric-scooters-can-n...