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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] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I’m on board with all these regulations except the mandatory insurance; active mobility (walking, bicycling, kick scooters, skateboarding, etc) should not require insurance.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Idk, it's for if you hit someone. They go pretty fast and can easily do a lot of damage to a pedestrian

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Private liability insurance is anyway something everyone should have, just make those cover bike accidents and that's it