• @[email protected]
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    71 day ago

    kids never even pretending to wear helmets on these things

    someone i know was going for a walk and chanced upon a mangled child waiting for EMS to show up

    52 per cent of all e-scooter injuries we’re seeing involve riders below the legal age

    Do they at least give these people and their kids some sort of traffic rules class or something?

    I don’t know what the answer here is, it seems like a job for Public Health.

    Give away free bicycles? What was wrong with bicycles?

    • @[email protected]
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      312 hours ago

      Everything around them is built for cars. When that’s the case, and you have no car (are underage to drive) you essentially have no freedom because you can’t go anywhere or do anything. Bikes are great, they are also exhausting and impractical to cover the distances that cars can. An e-scooter can get you there faster than a bike and without being exhausted. I think it gives these kids a taste of freedom and independence that they crave.

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      61 day ago

      What was wrong with bicycles?

      Lazy people, shitty parents.