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Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!
They had to actually remove risk mitigation factors from the Alberta Traffic Safety Act in order to even get escooters here. I think it's a bit of a bad idea to allow them on sidewalks. Even bike paths/ walk ways seem crazy dangerous around Prince's Island and Eau Claire. There will always be wobblers around so you really want them to buzz through a crowd of people at 20 km's/hr? And we will always have dummies who don't follow the rules. You want to hire scooter cops? Build scooter lanes?
I'm sure there will be a study that says the benefit to Calgarians is super massive. So I'll wait for the report. But so far I don't think there is much benefit other than it's kind of fun and it opens up more lunch opportunities.
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So you don't care about the actual data or information, you just don't like them and want them gone period.
That's fine. Just be honest about it instead of exaggerating things like "public health concern" and "very costly to a publicly funded health system" and leading people on a wild goose chase of a conversation.
Again, making these kind of judgements against the first month of a 16-month pilot project is completely self-serving. The lack of data should give you pause, and even if it doesn't, the context of the data collected so far should.
Where do most e-scooter injuries happen worldwide? The road. So we banned them on the road!
A huge contributing factor to the injuries in Calgary? Children. Which are not allowed.
What do all the studies say? That with more experience, the rate of injury drops considerably.
Or just go with the confirmation bias. Feels good man.