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Re:Bird has raised $100M for electric scooter sharing by HumanDrivenDev on Friday March 09, 2018 @08:51PM (#16556653)
The nanny states of Australia and New Zealand are the only two places on earth where that's the case, IMO. Australia even censored a tourism advertisement because it showed someone riding a bicycle without a helmet.

You'd fit right in.

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Re:Bird has raised $100M for electric scooter sharing by dang on Saturday March 10, 2018 @03:29AM (#16557698)
> You'd fit right in.

That crosses into personal attack. We ban accounts that do this, and I'm sorry to see that your account has been breaking the site guidelines quite a bit. Would you please (re-)read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and take the spirit of this site to heart when commenting here? That means this: if you have a substantive point to make, make it thoughtfully; if you don't, please don't comment until you do. And be scrupulously respectful toward your fellow users.

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Re:Bird has raised $100M for electric scooter sharing by lev99 on Friday March 09, 2018 @10:01PM (#16556854)
> The nanny states of Australia and New Zealand are the only two places on earth where that's the case, IMO.

Laws are facts not opinions. There are 49 all age helmet laws in the US, most at the city/county level.

https://www.helmets.org/allageshelmetlaws.htm

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Re:Bird has raised $100M for electric scooter sharing by HumanDrivenDev on Friday March 09, 2018 @10:01PM (#16556858)
I accidentally wrote IMO instead of AFAIK. But thanks for letting me know laws aren't opinions, TIL!!!!
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Re:Bird has raised $100M for electric scooter sharing by mung on Friday March 09, 2018 @11:33PM (#16557108)
That 'nanny state' also pays for your care when you smack your head into the pavement.
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Re:Bird has raised $100M for electric scooter sharing by Trundle on Saturday March 10, 2018 @12:44AM (#16557286)
Also for treatment for all of the illnesses caused by our population being fat and unfit.
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