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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!

"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Loud "to save lives" πŸ€£πŸ€£πŸ€£πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‰

If you think you need to be loud to be safe, just switch your horn to "on".

Oh, you wouldn't do that? Why wouldn't you do that?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

100% agree. Soundproofing in modern cars is incredible now. I drive a 12.L basic shitbox and I can't hear these fucking babies until they're right beside me. Borrowed a Cayenne the other week and they're basically inaudible

Loud pipes annoy pedestrians and cyclists. Drivers don't notice

Fuckin infants

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Start looking then. It's much better than just relying on sound.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The vast, vast majority of drivers where I am are fully aware of motorcycles and other road users

Don't assume every driver is the same the world over

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

What makes you think your region is somehow better at that than the other regions? The reality is that you'll find careless people everywhere. And there is a difference between "very loud chopper shaking windows" which is a dick move, and "motocycle with a regular engine that you can hear". Electric motorcycles are 100% silent, you only hear the tires. It's basicaly like encountering a bike on the road. There absolutely needs to be some feedback for people to know about them, especially when they're overtaking in traffic etc.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Even the horn doesnt help sometimes.

When the other (car-) driver is in the zone / ignorant he wont see or here you.

Drive like a ghost.