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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, longboards, 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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My mom tried one of those with her golden doodle (around 70 pounds, hyper like a poodle and dumb like a golden retriever).
5 minutes in he ran for something, knocked her down (she was in her mid 60s at the time), and dragged her bike away. It had some sort of breakaway plastic coupler too, but it was too pliable and just stretched a bit instead of breaking. Looked like HDPE maybe.
Now the contraption is in my garage, in scrap metal pile. If she wants to ride somewhere with the dog she tires him in a trailer.
Be careful with them!
My first thought was, "that looks like a surefire way to injure a human and possibly kill a dog."
The OP’s photo actually looks a bit safer, assuming the dog can support the scooter if the rider were to let go/jump off.
You’d still potentially have a dog running off with your scooter though, which I’d totally watch a short video about…