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micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles, heelies, or an office chair: 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] 10 points 4 days ago

That is standard in many vehicles, when I first got my license, I unfortunately got into a situation where I didn't see pedestrians walking over a crosswalk as I approached, they were hidden by the A pillar, the 2016 Volvo V90 I drove at the time hit the emergency brake for me and it was quite effective.

Since then I have not been in that situation, I do my best to analyze and learn from my misstakes