Re: Scooters (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

I'm not sure that all of this doesn't also apply to bicycles.

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 15:54:21 -0800 (PST)
 >
 >  > Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 23:41:38 +0000 (UTC)
 >  > From: "Nextdoor Japantown" <http://www.rs.email.nextdoor.com/~reply>
 >  > 
 >  > Nextdoor Nextdoor Japantown
 >  > 
 >  > Re: Scooters
 >  > 
 >  > Richard Kim, Julian - St. James 
 >  > 
 >  > You need to be 16 and over with driver permit/license unless a parent uses
 >  > their driver license to scan for their kids to use a scooter.  Using a 
 >  > scooter
 >  > down town is nuts unless your on the side walk.  It’s either hit a 
 >  > pedestrian
 >  > on the side walk or get run over by a car.  Pretty obvious reasoning why
 >  > people ride on the side walk. You probably see drunk college kids on the
 >  > weekend scootering and bar hopping.  If lime or bird really cared they would
 >  > turn off the scooters before sunset but they would lose a ton of revenue.  
 >  > The
 >  > helmet thing is a joke it’s rare to see some one with a helmet on a 
 >  > scooter.
 >  > They do provide a free helmet in app if you used a scooter at least once.  
 >  > The
 >  > scooter go 12-15 mph depending on your weight.  Which makes you feel like 
 >  > your
 >  > flying down the street.  They need a side walk mode maybe go 5 -8 mph or 
 >  > have
 >  > a driver assist pedestrian scanner to help slow down.  These scooters need 
 >  > to
 >  > be sanitized who knows how dirty they are lol .  Plus the rainy season is
 >  > coming. Cold weather and water don’t really make electric scooters safe.  
 >  > Most
 >  > likely there will be battery failures on some of the scooters.  If your
 >  > wondering who’s suppose to enforce the law it’s gonna be a cop be
 >  > realistically they got bigger fish to fry gang banger drug dealers actual 
 >  > car
 >  > accidents.  If your gonna see a cop pull over a scooter driver it’s gonna 
 >  > be
 >  > like on a weekend news publicity stunt like giving a jaywalker a ticket.  
 >  > Out
 >  > of how many scooter drivers do you see being bad 1 out of 50 ? Out of all 
 >  > the
 >  > scooter drivers how many have actually died? Just wait a few years they will
 >  > have self driving scooters probably still driving on sidewalks lol.  We are
 >  > the testing grounds / lab rats for these scooters.