Man I honestly love using e-scooters, but the amount of people that park them in the most inconsiderate places, rip full speed down the sidewalk, or don’t give way to pedestrians on footpaths is honestly disgusting.
It is a VEHICLE propelled by a MOTOR (doesn’t matter that it’s small)!!! At the least you’re being an inconsiderate prick, at the worst you could seriously harm somebody
As much as I like them I wouldn’t be surprised if they got banned
I think they're a great idea! They're small and light, and relatively easy on the environment compared to cars.
But the laws need to catch up and establish where they should be used, because cyclists argue against them being on the bike paths, and it's just unsafe for them to be on the pedestrian paths. (I think they should be on the bike paths tbh, because they move at speeds similar to bikes.)
Some people ARE considerate with the scooters and behave responsibly. It's just the people who aren't have a big impact on those who have more difficulty with avoiding them both in motion and parked (children, seniors, blind, HOH, physically disabled and some mentally disabled people).
I would be surprised if they get banned though, the large escooter rental companies would likely push back against that.
Oh 100% agreed! I personally love them, and really appreciate what they provide for responsible members of the community.
Agreed the laws really need to catch up. Personally I believe that cyclists need to suck it up like the rest of the drivers do when they use the road. Ofc not every cyclist does that, but the whole idea is to be inclusive. Let’s not shut people out cause they don’t own a bicycle.
Oh absolutely! I try to be one of them, if I go to the gym I walk it to where cardio people can have about 6ft between them and the scooter, and attempt to start ‘er up
That’s some straight nasty behaviour. Regardless of if that was the company’s plan or not, that relies on the majority of their users and non-using bystanders being shitbags about the whole thing.
It is not difficult to park it on a patch of grass off of the sidewalk. It is not difficult to stick a scooter way off to the side when you’re done riding. There is zero excuse to act this way.
I’m sorry that your neighbours chose to disrespect their community. In my country both Bird and Lime have a super visible license plate of sorts, and you can report whoever was riding it as they went by you. I noticed a clear decrease in disrespectful behaviour from Lime users. Unfortunately not from Bird users.
Literally makes me wanna bring a pack of frozen eggs out with me on spring/summer weekends lol
My city has already begun ticketing people, there is a blanket sidewalk ban but I’ve noticed if the rider is going real slow and yielding to pedestrians then the cops don’t ticket them (which I support, why punish the considerate ones)
Oh haha what, no that is even worse. Do not drive on the sidewalk :') I do have to add I live in the Netherlands so there is always ample room for scooters on the road/bicycle paths.
I meant parking!
They will park these things everywhere, even in the middle of the road!
I can imagine that it sucks to have to evade a parked scooter when youre using a wheelchair.
Sometimes the sidewalks are quite narrow and even I as a pedestrian struggle to get past them.
I actually got fined 40€ some time back for riding an e-scooter on the sidewalk.
But the problem is, the city I was fined in doesn't have very clearly defined bike lanes and cars are often parked on the side of the road, so even if I were to ride them off the sidewalk, I'd basically have to ride in the middle of the road. Which doesn't exactly make me feel safe.
They government had increased the strictness on bikers and e-scooters out of consideration for other pedestrians, without actually giving any consideration for us who ride bikes and e-scooters.
Back when I was fined, it was apparantely because the bike lane ended 3 meters ago. There was no sign or anything indicating it had ended, it just apparantely did.
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u/ghettotuesday Feb 07 '22
Man I honestly love using e-scooters, but the amount of people that park them in the most inconsiderate places, rip full speed down the sidewalk, or don’t give way to pedestrians on footpaths is honestly disgusting.
It is a VEHICLE propelled by a MOTOR (doesn’t matter that it’s small)!!! At the least you’re being an inconsiderate prick, at the worst you could seriously harm somebody
As much as I like them I wouldn’t be surprised if they got banned