Electric scooters

he's on a lot of suits but I think you're thinking of another guy, he's young... autistic, GOP, black, think he ran for some office, sued a police department, just kind of all over the place, like I genuinely don't know what to think other than there's a lot going on there

God, when these things seriously hit London (City of Fools), it'll be absolute mayhem.

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haaaa

They're everywhere in my city (Krakow) and they are *awful*. These companies must hire people to leave freshly juiced scooters in the middle of sidewalks in a ploy to make them more visible and (literally) unavoidable. I refuse to believe most actual users are this dickish; I can well imagine companies are.

I know someone who got one of these a couple of months ago, they've already broken their arm falling off it

These have been everywhere in my town for the past few months although they are about to go away because the pilot program is ending. I’ve never ridden one myself but my impression has been that they seem to attract a level of outrage out of any proportion to the danger or inconvenience to the average person. I can see why they attract vitriol- the riders tend to be young healthy people who seem to be having fun. Personally I’m willing to step over the occasional one left in the middle of the sidewalk if it will get a few people to not drive.

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the other day i suddenly remembered that the scooters will be back in town in a few months and i got angry immediately

the empire never ended

Saw a guy on one in London yesterday riding up the middle of the road, quite the thing.

Seen a handful of (mad) people commuting on these beauties over the last couple of years - they can go as fast as the scooters even uphill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggkSD5RMtRs

I wish I was young enough to get one of these things tbh

Porn for those who loathe these things:

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/montreal-pulls-the-plug-on-e-scooters-on-its-territory

they're not as numerous right now as they were at the outset but we'll see as it gets warmer. right now there are more of the dumb über-funded red bikes everywhere than scooters.

It's really kicking off in Paris now! pic.twitter.com/GPnWJFYlje

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finally a good use of them

sous les trottinettes, les pavés!

nice

There's something supercilious about the way riders on these just like, stand there. They also seem like they won't stop very easily.

Cycle lanes around here are already a hazard and inconvenience (and impediment to physical distancing) for pedestrians as they are invariably carved out of pavements that are too narrow to begin with.

These things are suddenly everywhere.

I was out walking yesterday and I passed a couple who were scooting down the bike lane next to the sidewalk. Meanwhile a young woman on foot was also in the cycle lane walking towards them, and staring at her phone. The male scooter-rider starts yelling "That's a funny-looking bike!" to get her to move.

But, like, an electric scooter is also a funny-looking bike. Also, pedestrians are frequently pushed into the bike lanes because of distancing. And generally when shouting at people in public it's better to be clear and direct rather than clever.

One of the best aspects of the pandemic has been these things disappearing off the streets.

Haven’t disappeared here. The city’s regulating them more though.

They're still a plague in East London.

from a purely selfish pov of flying down the road with the wind breezing through your hair - they are fun though!

I have always wanted to try one, but like... in an abandoned car park or half-built subdivision or something

I used to take my severely disabled son going down the wrong side of a dual carriageway on a quiet stretch so straight you could see 250 metres ahead if a car was coming. I'm not condoning that kind of behaviour, but it was fun! But ftr it wasn't a standard dual carriageway, it was one built out of necessity to accommodate a load of pylons running smack bang through the middle of a housing estate.

I thought these had only just been made legal in the UK?

They're still a plague in East London.

The more Tracer reports back from East London the more it seems like a different world from North London!

Electric scooters New York, 1918 pic.twitter.com/icPtVjyTP1

— Zsuzsanna (@2x2sometimes5) September 17, 2020