FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.ioM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.world · 2 months ago‘I couldn’t stop it from hitting the pole’: Here’s why e-bike injuries among Gen-Xers and Boomers are spiking - The Boston Globewww.bostonglobe.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up165arrow-down1external-link‘I couldn’t stop it from hitting the pole’: Here’s why e-bike injuries among Gen-Xers and Boomers are spiking - The Boston Globewww.bostonglobe.comFartsWithAnAccent@fedia.ioM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square49fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoYes, and also, I’ve heard of brakes on rental e-scooters being vandalized (cables cut), which result in crashes. It’s entirely possible that sabotage also happens on rental e-bikes, but who knows how many crashes are a result of that.
minus-squareXTL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoMy first thought was, who rides anything without testing the brakes being the first thing you do. But then I thought some more.
Yes, and also, I’ve heard of brakes on rental e-scooters being vandalized (cables cut), which result in crashes. It’s entirely possible that sabotage also happens on rental e-bikes, but who knows how many crashes are a result of that.
My first thought was, who rides anything without testing the brakes being the first thing you do. But then I thought some more.