Re:Parisians vote to ban e-scooters from French capital
by bluescrn on Monday April 03, 2023 @06:07AM
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Most scooter-haters don't differentiate between personally owned scooters and rental scooters, and personally-owned scooters (likely to be better maintained, more sensibly driven, and not abandoned in the street) will get caught up in the bans.
Re:Parisians vote to ban e-scooters from French capital
by simplotek on Monday April 03, 2023 @06:20AM
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> Most scooter-haters
Please don't.
There is no such thing as "scooter haters".
Companies like Lime are criticised for their abusive and antisocial business practices of dumping crap on the public space without any concern, criteria or care, and pretend everyone around them to just suck up the externalities to validate their business model.
No one cares if you ride your whatever on roads or bike lanes. People care when you dump your crap all over the place and get them in the way of everything. You'd hear the exact same complains if instead of escooters you dumped washing machines.
You somehow believe that the only options on the table for personal transport is either "2-ton fossil-fuel-burning cars" or the miraculous selfless service sold by a couple of multinationals.
It must be hard to intentionally ignore all the public transportation services in all shapes and forms, like railway, bus services, metro, trams, ride share, and even municipal bike sharing services,
and also ignore other personal transportation modes such as motorcycles, bikes and personal scooters
and also ignore e-car sharing services
and also ignore ride share services like taxicabs and etrikes.
For you, the only choice is either a gas-guzzler or the glorious service provided by a multinational.