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[meme] cars are cars (quokk.au)

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[–] Tehdastehdas@piefed.social 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Full-size cars, yes, but I wish we the people now stopped the fossil-lobbied lawfare against microcars.

Renault Twizy, top speed 80km/h

Kyburz Plus, top speed 30km/h

Gross weight ~10% of a typical electric car, so probably ~10% tyre dust too.
For bikeways. If the plastic surface were designed to yield in a crash, a pedestrian could be safer hit by this than by a bare biker on a bare metal bike.
Takes less space than a biker because a 4-wheeler can be steered more accurately than a naturally unstable bike needing wobble margins.
Banned in many places through lawfare: https://xfwnofqagsnmdxuf.quora.com/Lawfare-against-tiny-cars-velomobiles

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago

Less healthy than a bicyclist though, but better than a car.