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Re:Segway ends production of its original scooter by johnyzee on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @09:02AM (#23627354)
These electric cargo bikes are a hazard. They have a lot of mass and drive really fast, using infrastructure intended for human-powered vehicles.

Getting hit by one of these would be not much different than getting hit by a small car, yet they race along narrow bicycle lanes, next to little children learning to drive their bicycles. I hope these get banned soon.

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Re:Segway ends production of its original scooter by jasonwatkinspdx on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @09:19AM (#23627491)
This is preposterous. People with cargo ebikes are not randomly plowing into other bikers.
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Re:Segway ends production of its original scooter by bluntfang on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @03:22PM (#23632646)
Good point, it's not random. According to GP they are happening on multi-purpose paths not made to accommodate motorized vehicles.
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Re:Segway ends production of its original scooter by jasonwatkinspdx on Thursday June 25, 2020 @02:09AM (#23637399)
I ride those paths regularly. There is not some epidemic of cargo ebikes plowing into people. Seriously, the whole HN thing of "if I imagine it that must be true" needs some reality checks.
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Re:Segway ends production of its original scooter by schwartzworld on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @04:01PM (#23633167)
is it more believable to think they could hit a pedestrian?
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Re:Segway ends production of its original scooter by orbifold on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @10:00AM (#23627945)
One of the few dangerous bike accidents I had involved a eBike. They should require a license to operate, their acceleration and breaking is far less predictable than normal bicycles and 15 year old kids should not be allowed to operate them.
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