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Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!
It's not like I'm saying we shouldn't do anything that involves risk. That's just dumb. People still smoking is a crazy comparison. When the Escooter lobby is worth several hundred billion dollars we can talk about that. We mitigate risk all the time. Escooters at this point are very risky and very costly to a publicly funded health system. We can wait around and do what other places do...limit the number of them, limit the hours they can be ridden, etc. Or just stumble around until we figure it out the hard way. I'm good either way.
Also, hardly anyone gets hurt in a car. You're likely to get in a car accident every 18 years. So what?
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You and I have debated risk before in regards to exercising in smoke and I still don't particularly understand your perspective.
Are you suggesting that smoking, which provides zero benefit to society,
when used PROPERLY literally kills you, and costs taxpayers tens and tens of million dollars (edit: WOW did I underestimate this, one study estimated it to be $6.5 BILLION each
year in Canada) every
year is less of an issue than a couple bruised knees from using an escooter the first time and likely improperly? Not to mention the net benefit we get from something like it - less traffic, convenience, better for the environment. If scooters are "very risky", where does that put smoking?
Car accidents are the ninth leading cause of death world wide. Where are scooters on that list?
Everyone just cares about what's flashy and new. Everyone's talking about e scooters so everyone wants their opinion heard. Meanwhile we have far greater issues to worry about that receive no attention despite having far more room for quality of life improvement.