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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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[โ€“] jimmux@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've had similar experiences with high powered esk8, scooters, EUCs, etc. having been on several group rides with them. Nearly all owners of more capable devices will invest in safety gear and learn to ride responsibly because there's more to lose. Meanwhile there are basic ebike and scooter riders all over the place with no gear, doubling up, using phones...

It's frustrating because local legislation is rightly responding to these rider issues, but when they do a crackdown operation they target the geared up riders who appear to be fast and scary.

[โ€“] cubism_pitta@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The scooters FREAK ME OUT. AS a person that skateboarded in his past...

I don't think these E-Scooter guys realize how easily they would loose their face going 20+mph while looking at their phone and not wearing a helmet....

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