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rlpw t1_jec8ial wrote

Reply to comment by WalterS0bchack in PSA: veo scooters go 15 mph by twenty-six-sixty-six

Scooters offer an alternative to folks who would otherwise use ride share or drive. And by increasing micro-mobility users - we bring attention to all micro-mobility users, like folks in mobility scooters, wheel chairs etc.

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WalterS0bchack t1_jee23ac wrote

Except that's not actually the case. People with genuine mobility issues can get personal medical mobility scooters. If you actually watch who uses scooters in DC 99% are tourists not commuters and definitely not physically impaired folks.

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Calm_Farmer_3061 t1_jeg7qpa wrote

You cannot tell if someone is physically impaired just by looking at them. There are plenty of disabilities that impair you physically that aren't visible to the outside eye. I agree with getting scooters parked out of the way so that wheelchairs have access, but I don't think making sweeping judgements about other people's ability status is at all appropriate or even accurate in this case.

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WalterS0bchack t1_jegj184 wrote

As a disabled vet who no casual observer would immediately figure out am disabled, yes. The point still stands though, DC needs to regulate them better than they currently do. Of course that could be said about many, many aspects of city government.

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