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[–] [email protected] 63 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So, I'm pretty sure they're talking about the rental-scooters, not all scooters, which, peopel who tend to buy their own don't do these things... but....people get hurt on them, they increase accidents. People do stupid shit, like riding on sidewalks and trying to zip through pedestrians.

they get locked up all over the place, blocking sidewalks, entryways, bikeracks, etc.

in short the rental things are a massive nuisance,

[–] [email protected] 45 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'd like to add that Paris is one of the tightest cities there is in Europe. there's just so little space already. with thousands of badly parked scooters cluttering up sidewalks people got fed up very quickly. the vote was pretty one sided IIRC.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

They just chucked them in the river where I'm at.