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What a ridiculous comparison. As anyone who has skateboarded ever in their life knows, a bicycle is a thousand times safer and easier to control. Why don't you
by tomflack 14y ago
What a ridiculous comparison. As anyone who has skateboarded ever in their life knows, a bicycle is a thousand times safer and easier to control. Why don't you address the parent's points - that it is impossible to provide safe and effective braking on a skateboard.
It's impossible to prove, but replace bicycles with skateboards and the fatality rate would shoot up.
- stickfigure 14y agoThis product is unlikely to ever replace bicycles. It will always require significantly more skill and practice to ride a skateboard - powered or not. However, that's an unnecessary measure of success. The board just has to find a big enough customer base to be profitable. There's room in the world for many different kinds of transportation. As for legality - certainly there are concerns, but unlike the segway, this board is subtle enough to fly under the radar for a while.
- tomflack 14y agoI wasn't suggesting it was to replace bicycles, just pointing out the absurdity of the parent's comparison to bicycle fatalities.