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Re:Electric scooter ban increased congestion by 10% in Atlanta by IshKebab on Monday October 31, 2022 @01:28PM (#33409329)
You could say the same thing about cars. In fact it's far more common for cars to be parked on pavements blocking access than it is for e-scooters. You just don't notice because you're used to it.
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Re:Electric scooter ban increased congestion by 10% in Atlanta by smileysteve on Monday October 31, 2022 @01:35PM (#33409459)
A major reason that scooters were banned in Atlanta was because cars (and a bus) kept accidentally killing people on scooters.
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Re:Electric scooter ban increased congestion by 10% in Atlanta by bombcar on Monday October 31, 2022 @01:48PM (#33409665)
A bus can never kill anyone, it's public transportation and is therefore infallible. Cars are heavy killing machines remember, but busses and trains are perfectly magical and never harm pedestrians at all.

(Sarcasm, for the uninitiated.)

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Re:Electric scooter ban increased congestion by 10% in Atlanta by Quillbert182 on Monday October 31, 2022 @01:52PM (#33409741)
Largely because the people on scooters ignore traffic laws. I'm in an area of Atlanta where they are still allowed, and the riders regularly run stop signs and red lights without checking if a car is coming.
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Re:Electric scooter ban increased congestion by 10% in Atlanta by TheCoelacanth on Monday October 31, 2022 @02:33PM (#33410424)
Wow, they sound almost as bad as car drivers.
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