As somebody who lives in a town with a shitload of those scooters I can say it's slightly rarer for a pickup to simply ram itself though a crowd of people in the arrogant assumption they'll move out of the way.
I couldn't care less if e-scooters gain more traction but I do care if a completely unprotected vehicle can go at speeds where either the driver/rider or a pedestrian can get killed or seriously injured in the event of an accident and those have already happened where I live, with a large proportion going towards recklessness of the driver/rider.
These vehicles have been recorded travelling down highways, criss-crossing traffic, cutting in front of busses, etc, often with very gory results for every part involved.
I drive a scooter and don't own a car. But this is the sort of braindead post that will likely drive me to block this community. It's an embarrassment to anybody who can think logically.
Then use a fucking ebike? Motorized vehicles dont belong on sidewalks, period. How the fuck are people gonna walk to work in a BUSINESS DISTRICT if there's scooters saturating the sidewalk?
Not to detract from the idea that trucks are dangerous (they most definitely are) but I’m not sure this is the best argument for this. An asshole in a truck doesn’t mean they necessarily will drive their truck down the sidewalk like what is common with assholes on two wheels. 4 wheels will do many other dangerous things. but assholes who ride their two wheels on sidewalks going top speed even at 15 without making room for pedestrians is a valid concern.
I've been hit by people on Escooters 3 times in the last 4 years.
If you wanna add speed controls to cars fine, but I think the ones that cohabit the sidewalk that people are routinely driving drunk as fuck can absolutely stay speed locked.
it's gonna be hilarious in a decade when all these trucknuts types have to give up their giant jacked up shitmobiles. vroom vroom while you can children.
I don't know if you really want a "swap" here, so much as a "speed limit all of these, or maybe ban two of them." If you get on a scooter with a max speed of 118MPH what you're actually doing is committing suicide.
ah yes, time to build scooter lanes in pedestrian districts that pedestrians aren't allowed on and make it a crime to cross them when there's traffic. great idea.
I get the point but fuck e scooters, especially rental ones. They don't replace car journeys, they replace walking or bus/train journeys, all of which are better for the environment than an escooter or ebike.
Hmm.. never thought about that! When you think about it it's pretty interesting how much flak those electric scooters have gotten considering how exponentially more dangerous and space-needing cars are.
Lololol those scooters fly past you in your lane of travel. I'm glad for the lockdown. I'm really not worried about the trucks. They are rare and I usually see shit boxes driving like asses compared to expensive vehicles.