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I got run over by a fucking electric scooter the other day when I was ferrying boxes from my appt to a car (lots of work being done in my home, had to move stuff out). The guy was going at full speed on the sidewalk (absolutely illegal) and said "well, you could have looked before going out".
And when I mentioned his (mandatory) insurance, he went "cheerio" and sped off leaving me having to do bandages for two weeks while my knees mended.
Anyway, good thing I have 3 lives.
If only it was safe for e-scooter riders to use the road, alas the road is filled with cars that will absolutely turn them into paste.
In my city tons and tons of people use e-scooters and it's fine, because as it turns out people ride on sidewalks because it's the only non-suicidal option.
I don’t know your city, but in America it’s very well established that riding bikes on the sidewalk is less safe for cyclists as well as other sidewalk users. This applies to e-scooters just as well, and includes car dominated cities.
Turns out people are really bad as judging relative risk when it comes to traffic. If you live in a modern western city, I bet your city is the same.
How about don't ride electric scooters at all? I did that for my first year in china when they first came out and then threw it into garbage because it's dangerous and I'm not a child
i guess that must be true because children are clearly capable of riding e-scooters safely