Paris Becomes the First European Capital to Ban Rented Electric Scooters

Re:Paris Becomes the First European Capital to Ban Rented El... by eyelidlessness on Sunday September 03, 2023 @04:09PM (#37373977)

Yes, and.

Mixing operation of motorized vehicles in the same space with vulnerable humans and their pets is the real problem. Operating them on the sidewalk is an instance of and amplification of the same problem.

I’m wildly sympathetic to the anti-car position, but I’m not at all sympathetic to excusing motor scooters on sidewalks in the interest of advancing that position.

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Re:Paris Becomes the First European Capital to Ban Rented El... by yowzadave on Sunday September 03, 2023 @08:55PM (#37376129)

In Japan, many cities don’t even have sidewalks—pedestrians share the same space with cars/bikes/motorcycles. Because everybody understands that it's a shared space, people drive cautiously, resulting in safer streets. Sometimes separation is not the answer!

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Re:Paris Becomes the First European Capital to Ban Rented El... by eyelidlessness on Sunday September 03, 2023 @09:09PM (#37376183)

Well, that’s great for people in those cities in Japan, but it doesn’t do me much good in my own city where car and scooter drivers are not remotely so cautious.

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Re:Paris Becomes the First European Capital to Ban Rented El... by jinushaun on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @01:46AM (#37388262)

Works the same in NYC. Cars are more careful because otherwise they’d hit cyclists, pedestrians, scooters and skateboarders.

Can’t say the same about other US cities.

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