• sbv@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I used to rollerblade on the sidewalk. That was until an old lady beckoned me over and said “if you hit me, you’ll break my hip, and I’ll die.”

    If e-scooters are on the sidewalk to be safe, where do the pedestrians go to be safe?

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      1 year ago

      The danger difference between scooters and cars is massive. It’s on the scooter driver to be cognisant of their surroundings and the people they could hurt, just like cars

      But my coworker got hit by a car while using his scooter on the road 3 days ago. Cars are just way more dangerous to scooters than scooters are to pedestrians

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        1 year ago

        There’s still added danger. Crossing a street is hostile enough, but at least the sidewalk is predictable. When I’m behind a row or parked cars, everyone is moving at the same speed and it’s fine. Throw motorized vehicles onto the sidewalk and now it’s even more hostile.

        Let pedestrians have some space.

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      1 year ago

      Fighting over the 10% of the ROW that is sidewalk while letting the other 90% get occupied by the leading preventable cause of death of children is ridiculous.