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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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[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

If you crash a car at speeds illegal everywhere, so above 130/kmh, I'd doubt your chances of survival are higher than if you crash a bicycle at above 25 kmh.

You don't need a supercar to accelerate to unsafe speeds, a 20 year old Daewoo Matiz can do 160kmh and is cheaper than most ebikes.

Finally, ebikes are a sometimes dangerous annoyance, cars are a leading cause of death.