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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!

"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"

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Popular among teenagers, the large electric bikes have triggered ‘numerous complaints’ to councils as fears grow for the safety of riders and pedestrians

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How much will regulation do if there are a few inquisitive teenage minds working on ways to get around such restricttions?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Regulations would show that the bike manufacturers would be doing their part to increase safety.

Regulations would show that the bicycle owners would have to purposefully go out of their way to make their bikes faster.

Regulations allow us to hold people accountable when the rules are broken or when negligent accidents happen.