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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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[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

‘I didn’t ride the bike that fast but I couldn’t stop it from hitting the pole.’

Target fixation with a side of panic inaction. Also, they could stop it from hitting the pole. They didn't stop it from hitting the pole. Take some responsibility for your actions.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

It has the same energy as "my accelerator got stuck and I couldn't stop my car". There are ways to stop the car, you just didn't do any of them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

I'll drop my whole transmission by slamming my car into park at 60mph before I just sit there and do nothing

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

I would to except I don't think I can get past neutral if the car is moving. But neutral will still stop you but at the expense of the engine instead of the trans.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Why would neutral do anything to the engine?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Assuming that you are accelerating uncontrollably because the throttle is stuck open for some reason putting it in neutral doesn't fix that issue. It just stops the car from accelerating (i.e. fixes the symptom but not the disease). So the engine remains going full tilt, redlines, and blows itself up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, sure I get what you mean. It's not like neutral itself would be doing anything damaging though.

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