Submitted by twenty-six-sixty-six t3_1271xl3 in washingtondc
enjoy it before the inevitable crackdown from muriel bowser's gestapo
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rlpw t1_jec8ial wrote
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.
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.
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.
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.
Surefinewhatever1111 t1_jecau4f wrote
Was this paid for by a scooter company?
twenty-six-sixty-six OP t1_jecpx40 wrote
and they're fucking fun, especially when they go faster than 10 mph
jaypeg25 t1_jec97ie wrote
Bad take. Scooters are a great method of alternative transportation. Your issue is with the shitty users who throw them places they shouldn’t be after getting to their destination.
Fortunately it seems at least some of the scooter companies are stepping up enforcement of parking in acceptable spots, making you take a picture when you’re finished the ride of it locked up and out of the way of the sidewalk.
WalterS0bchack t1_jee1y4a wrote
Not good enough. DC already has that law and scooters still litter the sidewalks Scooter companies need to follow the same rules as CityBike. Have city-approved docking/charging stations that scooters must be docked in and impound any left in the street. And charge the scooter users a fine tonpay for the impound workers.
Funny how you almost never see a CityBike abandoned but Lime and Uber bikes are just discarded on the sidewalk like trash.
twenty-six-sixty-six OP t1_jeek88v wrote
i rarely see them littering the sidewalk these days
maybe you can get in touch with mary cheh -- i'm sure she'd be receptive to your rather hysterical list of demands
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twenty-six-sixty-six OP t1_jeci4l4 wrote
okay gramps
Surefinewhatever1111 t1_jecares wrote
It was Cheh and Ward 3 who led the speed restriction but whatever bro, make your bad faith comparisons or whatever.
twenty-six-sixty-six OP t1_jecptnt wrote
u ever consider that the phrase "muriel bowser's gestapo" was not entirely serious
Surefinewhatever1111 t1_jecrmye wrote
Did you ever consider that intelligent adults don't make comparisons to one of the most evil regimes for nonsense like a scooter?
twenty-six-sixty-six OP t1_jecs3zu wrote
u ever consider that outlandish comparisons are funny
WalterS0bchack t1_jec5ukl wrote
Gestapo? Scooters litter the sidewalks, forming tripping hazards, making it hard for wheelchairs to get by and just generally making the city look uglier. Would love to see the city actually impound these trashy shitmobiles.