Ban these fucking things or at least ban anyone under 25 from using them

These little assholes zoom around at light speed colliding into grandmas

Not sure what it is about electric scooters but people on them are way more reckless and less mindful than cyclists

  • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Not only do you see regular electric scooters here, there's also huge expensive ones that you sit down on that have big fat tires. They seem to be a popular expensive toy among a certain type of guy

    Not to mention all the other wacky types like the amazingly unsafe looking unicycle wheels you stand on

    • Rojo27 [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Pretty much car-brain, but for e-scooters. Go on the e-scooter subreddit and its mostly people wanting bigger faster scooters.

      I think e-scooters could be a good thing (Urbanist Agenda, NotJustBike's podcast, had a good episode on this), but governments have been way too slow to respond to their rise in popularity and what response they've been able to muster up has been paltry at best.

    • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      there’s also huge expensive ones that you sit down on that have big fat tires

      at that point, why not just get a moped
      cheaper, faster, can go further etc.

    • wopazoo [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      huge expensive ones that you sit down on that have big fat tires

      Motor scooters? 🛵

      I'm pretty sure those are just motorcycles 🏍️ with a step-through frame.