King of Foxes
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I believe the idea is through some app you can rent one and they are just waiting all over the city.
Curious if other places now have this?
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Is your city suddenly infested with electric scooters?
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I believe the idea is through some app you can rent one and they are just waiting all over the city.
Curious if other places now have this?
Punished Miku
Banned
"infested" ....
zeroFiveNine
Member
Saw this when I visited LA, scooters just discarded in random places and street corners.
MiyazakiHatesKojima
Banned
OP has racist tendencies if he uses words like "infested".
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King of Foxes
Banned
You are now a nazi incel Scooter supremacist
womfalcs3
Banned
Infested? INFESTED? OP, what are you implying about neighborhoods that have a bunch of scooters?
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Makariel
Member
Nope. I think I've seen one a few months ago but that was it.
There are more and more electric bicycles, but I don't think e-scooters are even street legal in the UK at the moment? I've seen people coming back with various injuries from their vacation, having used e-scooters and underestimating the speed they can reach while making no noise.
There are more and more electric bicycles, but I don't think e-scooters are even street legal in the UK at the moment? I've seen people coming back with various injuries from their vacation, having used e-scooters and underestimating the speed they can reach while making no noise.
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
I don't live in a hipster/big city so it would never work here. I can see people scraping them here or tossing them in a dumpster.
Gifmaker
Member
Yep, it's pretty much picked up over the last year or so. You really get used to seeing them just stand around everywhere. It actually makes me a little concernced about public security – people would be cautious if someone left a bag or a briefcase standing around at a public terminal, but don't seem to care about them scooters at all.
petran79
Banned
You can even buy those from stores, ranging between 200-300 euro. They take the bicycle routes usually but they even meddle with car routes. Very dangerous as they lack manouvrebility like bicycles and it is difficult to brake. I even see parents having their kids on board too!
Our city has a big sea side road for pedestrians so it is convenient but venturing on the main roads would be suicide.
Our city has a big sea side road for pedestrians so it is convenient but venturing on the main roads would be suicide.
InterMusketeer
Member
I think they're still illegal to use here.
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crumbs
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It's easy to tell when visiting a city with those Lime scooters because there will be a giant pile of them outside your hotel. They occupy a weird space where they can be too fast for the sidewalk, but too slow to be in the road.
I was working an event in SLC last summer and nearly got hit multiple times by people flying around corners with these on the sidewalk. I'm assuming Lime will be sued into oblivion by personal injury claims.
I was working an event in SLC last summer and nearly got hit multiple times by people flying around corners with these on the sidewalk. I'm assuming Lime will be sued into oblivion by personal injury claims.
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hariseldon
Unconfirmed Member
FFS I opened the thread to say that. Dick.
#Phonepunk#
Banned
yes that South Park was so on the money. they are a nuisance. people need to just fucking walk.
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Deleted member 752119
Unconfirmed Member
Atlanta has been for months.
Silent Duck
Member
I saw one on the train a few days ago.
So Philadelphia has yet to be infested with scooters.
Philadelphia does, however, have a surplus of other infestations (Bedbugs, ticks, mosquitos, crime, grime, junkies, gnats, rats, homeless and flies... just to name a few).
Maybe they should put that in the tourist ads.
So Philadelphia has yet to be infested with scooters.
Philadelphia does, however, have a surplus of other infestations (Bedbugs, ticks, mosquitos, crime, grime, junkies, gnats, rats, homeless and flies... just to name a few).
Maybe they should put that in the tourist ads.
ThatStupidLion
Member
atlanta is inundated
i think ive seen 3 brands of electric scooters and two brands of share/electric bikes
heres the kicker - the city is not built for transportation like that. the bike lanes etc are abysmal if not nonexistent
i think ive seen 3 brands of electric scooters and two brands of share/electric bikes
heres the kicker - the city is not built for transportation like that. the bike lanes etc are abysmal if not nonexistent
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Patrick S.
Banned
They have arrived in Germany, and of course you need insurance for them and they're planning to make helmet use mandatory and probably further limit their numbers. And you can only ride on bike lanes, IIRC, so in many German cities they're as good as out of the question to use them to get everywhere.
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Deleted member 752119
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah, that's my only real gripe with them. That and how they end up all over the middle of sidewalks rather than parked out of the way somewhere. We're such a sprawl and traffic plagued city we need more non-car transit options, especially with how Marta (the subway for non-Atlantans) is a plus sign through the city and leaves many areas hard to get to without a car or bus ride. But it's very dangerous to bike or scooter around the city as you're either in the street and drivers here are pretty aggressive and hostile to bikers/scooter people slowing them down or on the sidewalk and are a danger to pedestrians.
I wouldn't mind having them around as long as people weren't throwing them anywhere, but unfortunatelly due to lowlifes and gypsies it's not gonna happen any time soon. Privately owned are rising in numbers but you can't even bike here because someone will still it, chained or not.
Kamina
Golden Boy
“Infested” is definitely the correct wording for the situation.
You mean he is scootophobe?
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Dark Star
Member
I saw them all over LA and San Francisco last summer when I visited. Totally blew my mind when I realized how ubiquitous they are in "sidewalk" cities, midtowns, downtowns, etc. You won't find them in a "driving" city like Houston or in more rural/suburban areas.
I think they're pretty cool, but the Honda Grom (street legal mini bike) movement is insane, too. I've seen HUGE organized group rides in my town, completely blocking traffic, getting the attention of cops, etc. Not as accessible as an electric scooter, but equally as new of a fad.
I think they're pretty cool, but the Honda Grom (street legal mini bike) movement is insane, too. I've seen HUGE organized group rides in my town, completely blocking traffic, getting the attention of cops, etc. Not as accessible as an electric scooter, but equally as new of a fad.
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EverydayBeast
ChatGPT 0.1
Big cities have all sorts of transportation, I think younger people love them.
EverydayBeast
ChatGPT 0.1
It was a powermove to flex with a scooter as a kid
DisguiseArrsick
Member
What happened to rollerblading, that's what I want to know?
ipukespiders
Member
Electric bikes I'm seeing everywhere. Scooters? Nope.
TheShadowLord
Member
Those look cool but three grand is a lot.
DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
Haven't seen them in my city yet, but we're infested with dirt bikes which are fucking annoying as hell.
Grand Theft Scratchy
Banned
Yes, actually, on my way home from work yesterday I saw one parked in the middle of the sidewalk. You can thank companies like Bird dropping them onto the streets unannounced last year during the summer.
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