On the side of the street today. Someone went in hard...
On the side of the street today. Someone went in hard...
it's not a bad thing till you throw a KLR into the mix.
those cheap ass bitches can do anything with ductape.
(PostalDave on ADVrider)
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
I saw one in Chur Chur yesterday with two Oompah Loompahs riding it. No wonder they break.
This just reinforces my view that there's no such thing as a dangerous vehicle. It's the stupid way people use the vehicle that is the problem.
As with motorcycles and cars et al.
As far as I'm aware if you ride a bicycle you are required to wear a helmet and your not supposed to ride them on the footpath.
If you ride a Lime scooter you tick a box to say your wearing a helmet and you are only allowed to ride them on the footpath.
Would be like hiring a car and ticking the box saying I put the seatbelt on.
Yet another overseas company taking advantage of NZ lax laws.
DeMyer's Laws - an argument that consists primarily of rambling quotes isn't worth bothering with.
I saw a news item on the TV the other night and looked it up.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12263245E-SCOOTER RIDES AND CRASHES, AUCKLAND (OCT-FEB)
• 185,000 riders, nearly 1 million trips
• 23 operations for 21 e-scooter users (19 on Lime scooters)
• Public health costs of $360,557
• Lost income costs of $44,369
• Most common serious crash times were 8am-9am and after 6pm
• Most likely to crash were riders aged 20-29 and 50+
(The cost of electric-scooter related orthopaedic surgery, NZMJ, 30 August)
Not heard any comments from JAG,probably as they are perceived as 'green".
I've noticed there is a high adoption rate for 50+....see we can embrace new technology..., and get to check out the new stuff at the hospital too.
How do they get on in other countries where there is more personal responsibility and less Govt 'free' care?
DeMyer's Laws - an argument that consists primarily of rambling quotes isn't worth bothering with.
I've used them a bit (Lime scooters) including one crosstown trip from work to home when I got stranded at work and couldnt be fucked waiting for a bus. I think they work well enough but they go too fast to be safe in their configuration. The tiny wheels and short wheelbase make them quite twitchy. In my head I was redesigning them with a board about the size of a longboard (skateboard) with wheels that were say 200mm or a bit bigger. They also seem to be quite front heavy whereas if the weight CoG was closer to the middle it would feel better I reckon. I often see people riding them with their knees straight and they are way way better if you stand on it like a skateboard with your knees bent.
They meet a need I reckon and can be quite good fun. I felt very exposed on it without a helmet or gloves though.
I thought elections were decided by angry posts on social media. - F5 Dave
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/...ful-e-scooters
Imagine if we got this introduced, WTF......
The interesting thing for me is that I didnt realise that Lime scooters were 300 (or 500?)Watts. An e-bike (with bigger wheels, more visibility and better brakes is limited to 250W from memory
I thought elections were decided by angry posts on social media. - F5 Dave
They're already on to it.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/114...ctric-scooters
Riding cheap crappy old bikes badly since 1987
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http://nighthawk.nz/index.php/news/1...s-passing-400k
E-SCOOTER RIDES AND CRASHES, AUCKLAND (OCT-FEB)
• 185,000 riders, nearly 1 million trips
• 23 operations for 21 e-scooter users (19 on Lime scooters)
• Public health costs of $360,557
• Lost income costs of $44,369
• Most common serious crash times were 8am-9am and after 6pm
• Most likely to crash were riders aged 20-29 and 50+
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