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

  • wopazoo [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    The speed limiting of e-bikes and scooters always seemed weird to me, when cars can go 200 km/h.

      • wopazoo [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Yeah but cars kill way more pedestrians every year than bikes or scooters ever will

        What I'm saying is that cars need to be speed limited too. Every day, as a pedestrian, I have to contend with aggressive or just plain distracted drivers on my commute. If a car crashes into me, I'll fucking die, but if a scooter crashes into me (this has never happened, ever) we're on even ground.

        Cars pose way more of a threat to pedestrian safety than bikes or scooters ever will. The focus on speed limiting motorized micromobility devices misses the elephant in the room that is cars.

          • machiabelly [she/her]
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            2 years ago

            I mean 25 would be fine if there was actual physical barriers between cars and pedestrians/cyclists. It's this low cost zero safety american bullshit that screws everyone.