News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Letting Bird’s scooters fly free. Parent comment

Re:Letting Bird’s scooters fly free by flohofwoe on Thursday October 24, 2019 @04:49AM (#21342742)
In the end: yes! Although the situation isn't quite the same: if a rental car company would "steal" as much public parking slots for their currently idle vehicles as those Scooters steal sidewalk space from pedestrians, the issue would be swiftly dealt with by the "city authorities".

Those Scooters being piled up on the sidewalks are indeed annoying, but we've also become blind about the fact that cars in general steal much more public space.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Letting Bird’s scooters fly free by fishnchips on Thursday October 24, 2019 @05:57AM (#21343019)
> In the end: yes!

OK, so who gets to decide which SUVs are "too large" to be used in cities? You and your friends, just because you're capable of hacking them?

I have no love for SUVs, but even less love for the vision of a society where arbitrary decisions by self-appointed judges replace a democratic lawmaking process.

[ Parent | on HN ]