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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!

"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"

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During a two-week operation last month, D.C. police impounded hundreds of scooters and mopeds in the city.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

US state that required no licensing or insurance for mopeds

What. The. Fuck. Here you can done for dui on a lawn mower if you’re silly enough to drive it on a public road. Which I’m completely fine with. Having random lunatics ride around on e scooter is dangerous as it is, mopeds is wild.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think they might be referring to the fact that they no longer have a valid license, so they opt to ride mopeds to go get the liquor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

That’s pretty much what I’m referring to? Pissheads who’ve lost their license to DUI here get done for the same (edit: and driving while disqualified) when they think they’re clever and ride their mower to the pub. Pretty much anything going onto a public road needs to be a registered (and therefore insured) and the operator licensed. I couldn’t imagine non-licensed riders buzzing around city traffic on a slower version of a motorbike.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Ya, it was more or less this. Nearly all the scooter riders had lost their license to a DUI conviction and could then legally cruise public roads on a scooter without a license or insurance. A helmet was required tho if I remember correctly 🙃