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onyourrite t1_jb39diw wrote

^ Thank you! I’m all for micro-mobility stuff and I’m sure a lot more people would be too if the users actually had some courtesy when on the road

The reputation cyclists and e-bikers and other riders have amongst a lot people are “those annoying assholes who go through red lights,” not to say that they’re all bad but that’s the general view of them from my experience

Also this issue of batteries exploding is just insane, how are these bikes and scooters still allowed on the street? Can you imagine the uproar if it was EV batteries or maybe the batteries within hybrid vehicles?

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HashtagDadWatts t1_jb3aehi wrote

Everyone goes through red lights here. Cars, trucks, pedestrians, cyclists, everyone. For some reason, self righteous internet comments just decide certain road users should be held to a saintly standard.

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HEIMDVLLR t1_jb3h58z wrote

Guess which ones have a means of being tracked down and ticketed for running said red light? I’m sure you know which one based on a certain link always shared to look up moving and parking violations.

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ELnyc t1_jb3buu2 wrote

Do people regularly drive cars on the sidewalk?

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ELnyc t1_jb3daah wrote

Strange how the existence of this article seems to imply that this is an unusual occurrence.

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Grass8989 t1_jb3ehtb wrote

Yea, people regularly go on targeted violent rampages with uhaul trucks. That’s totally comparable to unregulated e-bike batteries exploding.

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