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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Those things are a terror. People rent them, and then they drop them off randomly when they arrive at their destinations, usually in the pedestrian parts of the roads. Walking there gets challenging even when you are agile, but for elderly or handicapped people this means they have to step on the road to get around the mess.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    This is why some cities have banned the rental services. Paris has plenty of electric scooters, but they banned the rental services. Keeps the benefits of the scooters for micro mobility, but no scooters lying everywhere.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    One parking space = 10 e-scooters?
    Cities are infested by cars.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The cars are usually not thrown across the walkway.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Depends where you live. There are people who think cycle lanes and sidewalks are free parking as long as you leave certain arbitrary sized gap for a person to pass.

    However it's often not enough to squeeze through with a pram or a wheelchair. If it were a scooter, i could easily move it myself to make way, but with cars i have to go onto the road to go around the car. Cars are definitely more dangerous.

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