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No idea what the Waymo car was thinking, but what are these kids riding? Maybe it thought they were on a bike lane? Where I'm from it's illegal to ride like th

No idea what the Waymo car was thinking, but what are these kids riding? Maybe it thought they were on a bike lane? Where I'm from it's illegal to ride like that in a group outside of police-sanctioned events - you're supposed to ride one after the other and keep right.

eklitzke 2y ago
The devices they're riding are called electric unicycles, often abbreviated to EUC.
- sva_ 2y ago
  Aka face crayon
  - Integrape 2y ago
    r/meatcrayon
Faaak 2y ago
Still no excuse for driving on the opposite lane ;-)
- reisse 2y ago
  The unicycle rider with camera was doing the same - riding the opposite lane behind Waymo
  - Faaak 2y ago
    Sure, but this article is about Waymo. We can create a new link about "unicycle rider with a camera driving on the opposite lane", but that's another topic
    - acimim_ha 2y ago
      The topic would not gather nearly as much attention. Why?
      - rsynnott 2y ago
        No-one is suggesting that that person should be duplicated a hundred million times and drive two tonne objects through every city in the world, you see. "Magic driving robot does stupid thing" is a much more interesting story than "arbitrary human does stupid thing", because the end goal is to have _a lot_ of the magic driving robot.
liveoneggs 2y ago
Is it also illegal to ride into oncoming traffic, in the wrong lane?
rimunroe 2y ago
> Maybe it thought they were on a bike lane? Where I'm from it's illegal to ride like that in a group outside of police-sanctioned events I’m in Massachusetts where lane splitting is legal in some cases (single lane each direction, posted speed limit below some amount, probably something else). Some other states have similar rules, but in most it’s flatly illegal. I believe California is an unusual outlier in that lane splitting is allowed with no additional restrictions. > you're supposed to ride one after the other and keep right. In many states bicycles are entitled to use the full lane. I often feel safer riding in the center of the lane for a few reasons: 1. The center of the lane is less likely to have small ride-ruining debris like glass, sticks, and nails 2. Cars surprisingly give me more space when passing if I’m not riding off to the side 3. It seems that potholes occur more often to the side of the rode than in the center, or at least get fixed more often when they’re toward the middle of the road Note: I’m talking about the middle of the lane vs the side, not the middle of the lane vs the shoulder. The shoulder isn’t something you should travel in anyway, even on a bike.
- GrantMoyer 2y ago
  FYI, lane splitting coventionally refers to driving a small vehicle between lanes of stopped or slow cars, rather than multiple small vehicles riding side by side within one lane [1]. The first is unconditionally illegal in Massachusetts, while the second is conditionally legal like you say. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lane_splitting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lane_splitting
  - rimunroe 2y ago
    Thank you! I was indeed using the wrong term. It looks like 39 states allow bikes to ride two-abreast (sometimes more).

eklitzke 2y ago

The devices they're riding are called electric unicycles, often abbreviated to EUC.

sva_ 2y ago
Aka face crayon
- Integrape 2y ago
  r/meatcrayon

Faaak 2y ago

Still no excuse for driving on the opposite lane ;-)

reisse 2y ago
The unicycle rider with camera was doing the same - riding the opposite lane behind Waymo
- Faaak 2y ago
  Sure, but this article is about Waymo. We can create a new link about "unicycle rider with a camera driving on the opposite lane", but that's another topic
  - acimim_ha 2y ago
    The topic would not gather nearly as much attention. Why?
    - rsynnott 2y ago
      No-one is suggesting that that person should be duplicated a hundred million times and drive two tonne objects through every city in the world, you see. "Magic driving robot does stupid thing" is a much more interesting story than "arbitrary human does stupid thing", because the end goal is to have _a lot_ of the magic driving robot.

liveoneggs 2y ago

Is it also illegal to ride into oncoming traffic, in the wrong lane?

rimunroe 2y ago

> Maybe it thought they were on a bike lane? Where I'm from it's illegal to ride like that in a group outside of police-sanctioned events I’m in Massachusetts where lane splitting is legal in some cases (single lane each direction, posted speed limit below some amount, probably something else). Some other states have similar rules, but in most it’s flatly illegal. I believe California is an unusual outlier in that lane splitting is allowed with no additional restrictions. > you're supposed to ride one after the other and keep right. In many states bicycles are entitled to use the full lane. I often feel safer riding in the center of the lane for a few reasons: 1. The center of the lane is less likely to have small ride-ruining debris like glass, sticks, and nails 2. Cars surprisingly give me more space when passing if I’m not riding off to the side 3. It seems that potholes occur more often to the side of the rode than in the center, or at least get fixed more often when they’re toward the middle of the road Note: I’m talking about the middle of the lane vs the side, not the middle of the lane vs the shoulder. The shoulder isn’t something you should travel in anyway, even on a bike.

GrantMoyer 2y ago
FYI, lane splitting coventionally refers to driving a small vehicle between lanes of stopped or slow cars, rather than multiple small vehicles riding side by side within one lane [1]. The first is unconditionally illegal in Massachusetts, while the second is conditionally legal like you say. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lane_splitting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lane_splitting
- rimunroe 2y ago
  Thank you! I was indeed using the wrong term. It looks like 39 states allow bikes to ride two-abreast (sometimes more).