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There is a scooter person who rides up and down my street at around 45MPH every morning and evening. It's so fast the whole thing is over in about 3 seconds, I
by metadat 2y ago
There is a scooter person who rides up and down my street at around 45MPH every morning and evening. It's so fast the whole thing is over in about 3 seconds, I don't think you could safely even flag them down.
Ok, not great.
But who the heck would do this on a sidewalk? As a society we can't give people powerful tools with no training and then be surprised when they mow down other humans.
Who should be liable? The operators or manufacturers, or both?
This episode is tragically sad, and I'm certain it's not the first time.
- crooked-v 2y ago> But who the heck would do this on a sidewalk? People who don't want to get run over by a car. There's no mystery here. It's exactly the same reason people ride bikes on the sidewalk: they feel unsafe about sharing space with cars, and believe they can safely share sidewalk space with pedestrians. They're even usually correct on the second point.
- toastercat 2y agoI personally have never been able to cycle at 45mph. I applaud you though if that seems normal to you.
- crooked-v 2y agoThe electric scooters shown in the pictures in the article usually go at most about 15 mph.
- metadat 2y agoIt's fair to feel unsafe and vulnerable on the street against cars, but when I used to ride my bike on the sidewalk in SF I kept it at walking speeds, because I don't want accidentally murdering someone to be part of my personal life story. Going 20-25+MPH on a pedestrian sidewalk is Not A Good Idea, ever.
- crooked-v 2y agoThe electric scooters shown in the pictures in the article usually go at most about 15 mph.
- metadat 2y agoOh, then it's fine?
- crooked-v 2y agoIt's not "fine", but it's an absolutely predictable result of road and sidewalk design and just morally finger-wagging isn't going to stop it from happening again.
- the_snooze 2y ago15 MPH is still pretty fast. It's easily attainable on a human-powered bike, but it's rarely comfortable to do so on a sidewalk because you can't settle into a good cadence. The problem with electric scooters/e-bikes is that the motor makes it comfortable to go at top speed everywhere mindlessly.
- dzhiurgis 2y agoYou can run this fast. People likely died from being hit by runners. Or skaters, rollerbladers, segways, mobility scooters, walkers. Whats your suggestion for these? With every new mode of transport is going to have some stats attributed to them. Do more people die on bikes or scooters or cars?
- xyst 2y ago[flagged]