Electric scooters are causing injuries and accidents

Re:Electric scooters are causing injuries and accidents by baroffoos on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @11:17PM (#18558065)

Yeah I'm not quite sure why scooters were chosen. ebikes seem better in every way. You can even set them up with throttles so they are no effort. Bike geometry is very stable. I have never fallen off a bike on a road.

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Re:Electric scooters are causing injuries and accidents by ec109685 on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @11:25PM (#18558099)

They take way more space than scooters.

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Re:Electric scooters are causing injuries and accidents by secabeen on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @11:57PM (#18558209)

Especially comparing folded scooters to bikes. (Yes, there are foldable bikes, but they're still big). Part of the workflow of shared scooters is picking them up for recharge and re-location, and you can fit a lot more scooters in the back of an SUV than you can bikes.

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Re:Electric scooters are causing injuries and accidents by tonyedgecombe on Thursday November 29, 2018 @06:11AM (#18559410)

Just swop the batteries on e-bikes then.

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Re:Electric scooters are causing injuries and accidents by baroffoos on Thursday November 29, 2018 @05:25PM (#18564712)

Thats what I have heard the Chinese companies do, just drive around with a van full of batteries.

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Re:Electric scooters are causing injuries and accidents by exodust on Thursday November 29, 2018 @01:10AM (#18558436)

I believe the rental scooters can not be folded. They install a collar around that part to prevent them being folded up and stolen. Or perhaps it's just to reduce any risk of them not being unlocked properly from folded position.

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