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hollow-fox t1_iuhs90a wrote

Reply to comment by HashtagDadWatts in Four times a week on average, an e-bike or e-scooter battery catches fire in New York City by geoxol

I’ll copy my reply above:

NYCHA literally reversed the decision to ban ebikes in public housing due to deliverista rights. It would be fair to say the current administration and the folks backlashing to the ban identify as the left.

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2022/10/21/exclusive-nycha-backs-down-from-banning-e-bikes-on-its-property/

This is to say that there is a heavy contingent of folks on the left who will fight to continue having ebikes in public housing even if there is no regulation. It’s not a question of ignoring fire risks just that there are folks on the left who say the rights of deliveristas are > the fire risk hazards at the moment.

If that wasn’t true, then why reverse the policy without first implementing standards?

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HashtagDadWatts t1_iuhsr7m wrote

So before the accusation was:

>The folks on the left ignore all the risks of battery fires

And now its:

>It’s not a question of ignoring fire risks

So you've basically made my point for me.

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hollow-fox t1_iuhta6p wrote

Effectively reversing a policy without imposing any regulations or standards is “ignoring the risk”

My latter point is that there are of course folks who fear for fire risks of unregulated batteries. But they do not value that fear over the rights of deliveristas.

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