Ford Buying San Francisco-Area E-Scooter Startup Spin

Re:Ford Buying San Francisco-Area E-Scooter Startup Spin by freehunter on Thursday November 08, 2018 @12:56PM (#18408250)

On the other hand, a 3,000lb car going 35mph is far far FAR more than enough to injure or more likely kill a human on a scooter if they're forced onto the roads.

If the only argument is one of how much damage would happen in the case of a collision, bikes and scooters belong with pedestrians and not with cars. We don't need to speculate what happens when a car hits a bicyclist, it happens every day and the common outcome is that the biker dies.

There has to be a better argument for sentencing bikers and scooter riders to death.

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Re:Ford Buying San Francisco-Area E-Scooter Startup Spin by Retric on Thursday November 08, 2018 @01:08PM (#18408363)

If scooters can’t operate on sidewalks then they should be banned from sidewalks. Saying they must have somewhere safe is fine, just build bike lanes.

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Re:Ford Buying San Francisco-Area E-Scooter Startup Spin by freehunter on Thursday November 08, 2018 @01:43PM (#18408719)

Flipping that around, if scooters can't operate safely on the road they should be banned from the road. Which effectively bans scooters and bicycles in any place where there is no bike lane.

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Re:Ford Buying San Francisco-Area E-Scooter Startup Spin by Retric on Thursday November 08, 2018 @07:56PM (#18411536)

The core difference is it's other people that get harmed on sidewalks vs. the scooter rider on roads. I suspect most people are fine with people risking other own lives more than other people.

At the core scooters don't really change that much about transportation vs bikes or simply running. However, they can be really convenient. So, it's going to be interesting to see how things evolve.

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