voi scooters, E scooters do you have them in your city ?
Good or bad ?
Very cheap to run and I can see why some people will use them to get from A - B but I can't understand how they get away with the parking of them,
Scooters parked on pavements sometimes 2-3 next to each other, I'm waiting for the day to find one right outside my front door 
People riding on the pavements and groups of kids riding in between traffic etc |
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They're becoming a real menace here. Lunatics speeding along on the pavements silently without a thought for pedestrians. It's just as bad on the roads as they weave in an out of traffic on the main roads without any concept of road safety or the highway code.
They're a great idea in controlled spaces but something needs to be done to regulate their use. |
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I like the scooters, but wish we were legally allowed to own our own and ride them on public property (currently it's illegal, and only the ride share schemes have immunity).
The problem is our laws and infrastructure are not built for them.
The roads are too busy for them (as a cyclist I feel the same for bikes, especially for younger riders), and they aren't driven safely on paths (same work bikes).
I kind of think they (and bikes - with the exception of kids bikes if riding with parents) should all be registered and have number plates, so there can be repurcusions to riding dangerously.
This way they could be allowed on pavements and cycle paths but with a max speed on each.
Obviously there will be some issues with this idea as I've not thought it through thoroughly, but 'something' needs to be done. |
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I agree they are annoying but every scooter journey is hopefully taking a car off the road and making the air a bit cleaner, etc.
We need an alternative to cars but every time one gets invented, people resist and it gets banned! |
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over a year ago
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dangerous because you cant hear them.
also around here they are the vehicle of choice for drug mules as they can zip through estates and alleyways losing the police.
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By *awk90Man
over a year ago
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I think they're a good concept, but they need to be regulated!
Not rode on pavements maybe... And more regulated parking. People leave them all across walking paths here now, which is terrible |
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I think they're great  i know a bloke who is hard of walking, he uses it to go down the trails for which he hasn't been down for years. We all know mobility scooters don't fit through those idiot triangular shaped gates.. so i for one think they're great, a sense of freedom as odd ball said from kellys heroes "always with the negative waves moriarty, always with the negative waves" |
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"I think they're great i know a bloke who is hard of walking, he uses it to go down the trails for which he hasn't been down for years. We all know mobility scooters don't fit through those idiot triangular shaped gates.. so i for one think they're great, a sense of freedom as odd ball said from kellys heroes "always with the negative waves moriarty, always with the negative waves""
I wish I could stand up on one and not fall over. Unfortunately my wonky leg wouldn't allow me to, so yes, much of the world is inaccessible  |
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"I think they're great i know a bloke who is hard of walking, he uses it to go down the trails for which he hasn't been down for years. We all know mobility scooters don't fit through those idiot triangular shaped gates.. so i for one think they're great, a sense of freedom as odd ball said from kellys heroes "always with the negative waves moriarty, always with the negative waves"
I wish I could stand up on one and not fall over. Unfortunately my wonky leg wouldn't allow me to, so yes, much of the world is inaccessible "
An escooter is good but a horse is better. |
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"I think they're great i know a bloke who is hard of walking, he uses it to go down the trails for which he hasn't been down for years. We all know mobility scooters don't fit through those idiot triangular shaped gates.. so i for one think they're great, a sense of freedom as odd ball said from kellys heroes "always with the negative waves moriarty, always with the negative waves"
I wish I could stand up on one and not fall over. Unfortunately my wonky leg wouldn't allow me to, so yes, much of the world is inaccessible
An escooter is good but a horse is better. "
Agreed  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I think they're great i know a bloke who is hard of walking, he uses it to go down the trails for which he hasn't been down for years. We all know mobility scooters don't fit through those idiot triangular shaped gates.. so i for one think they're great, a sense of freedom as odd ball said from kellys heroes "always with the negative waves moriarty, always with the negative waves"
I wish I could stand up on one and not fall over. Unfortunately my wonky leg wouldn't allow me to, so yes, much of the world is inaccessible "
Some I've seen some that do have seats, if this is more accessible? |
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"I think they're great i know a bloke who is hard of walking, he uses it to go down the trails for which he hasn't been down for years. We all know mobility scooters don't fit through those idiot triangular shaped gates.. so i for one think they're great, a sense of freedom as odd ball said from kellys heroes "always with the negative waves moriarty, always with the negative waves"
I wish I could stand up on one and not fall over. Unfortunately my wonky leg wouldn't allow me to, so yes, much of the world is inaccessible
Some I've seen some that do have seats, if this is more accessible? "
Possibly, if it's a proper seat and not a little strip. My bad leg goes numb very quickly with any pressure on the back of it, including being seated on the sofa |
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