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Re:Uber is destroying thousands of electric bikes and scoote... by monksy on Thursday May 28, 2020 @03:07PM (#23341100)
With cars those problems are easier to fix. (You need a license to operate a vehicle, but not a scooter).

Scooters do produce pollution (someone has to dive more than the distance of the scooter traveled to recharge, plus the environmental cost of the batteries, and the shorter lifespan), traffic and accidents as well.

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Re:Uber is destroying thousands of electric bikes and scoote... by akgerber on Thursday May 28, 2020 @03:22PM (#23341292)
The lower energy due to lower speeds and vehicle masses make ebike crashes far less severe than motor vehicle crashes. We have 40,000 dead a year in the US in car crashes, plus three million nonfatal injuries. I'm sure someone among your friends & family has been killed by a car crash.

This can be improved with lighter cars, lower speeds, and pedestrian safety standards, but it can also be improved by fewer VMTs by getting more road users on intrinsically-safer vehicles.

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