Lime and Bird are growing rapidly

Re:Lime and Bird are growing rapidly by iso1337 on Monday December 03, 2018 @07:22PM (#18594624)

Yes, there are externalities, but perhaps the question to ask is, are the externalities of scooters less than those of cars when solving the last mile problem in transportation?

Cars and drivers, in my view, push MUCH more externalities onto everyone else (and let's not limit ourselves to thinking locally, all that CO2 we emit from driving disproportionately affects those in the third world and those yet unborn).

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Re:Lime and Bird are growing rapidly by cortesoft on Monday December 03, 2018 @07:44PM (#18594757)

Yes, those are certainly good conversations to have. I agree we need to do a better job of handling the externalities created by cars.

I don't think we should be using the argument of 'well, the externalities for cars are worse' when deciding how to deal with the externalities of scooters, though. By that argument, we only have to ever make sure our externalities are better than the very worst offender in order to be beyond reproach.

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Re:Lime and Bird are growing rapidly by iso1337 on Monday December 03, 2018 @08:53PM (#18595206)

Thanks for the reply. I'm not arguing that scooters are beyond reproach. I'm for development of scooter regulation in a way such that we as a society can harness the benefits from it. Being against them just because they don't work in the current regulatory + road system setup in my mind is at risk of forgoing potential massive benefits for us as a society.

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