I rode all the e-scooters, and most of them are awful except two

Re:I rode all the e-scooters, and most of them are awful exc... by HillaryBriss on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @12:10PM (#20156723)

> And a lot of people are afraid of riding bikes in traffic, so while even though bikes are actually much safer, there's a lower mental barrier to entry with scooters.

In LA it's not legal to ride scooters on the sidewalk, so, in theory, people should fear riding scooters too because they're supposed to ride scooters in traffic -- just like the bikes. Of course, in practice, almost everyone rides everything on the sidewalks in LA. Traffic codes are mainly unenforced here.

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Re:I rode all the e-scooters, and most of them are awful exc... by underhill on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @04:24PM (#20159200)

Oh yeah - I've seen plenty of not-confident-bikers hop on scooters and ride them in the street.

Even though riding a scooter in the street is often fairly terrifying, I feel like there's some kind of easy mental jump that has people getting on without nearly as much reservation as they would have hopping on a bike.

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