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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
So you don't care about the actual data or information, you just don't like them and want them gone period.
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The "data" you have provided is complete garbage, so you don't really have that as a good defence.
For instance, this:
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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I would say no, it has not been determined a public health concern, but the stats do show the rate is abnormal. How abnormal? About the same rate as a motorcycle according to a comparison between the numbers here and here. |
First link: Straight forward numbers. Study says 14.3 injuries per 100,000 trips on a scooter.
You claimed that is "about the same rate as a motorcycle", using the second link - over a decade old, btw. And what does it say? 63,312 injuries (fatal and non-fatal) over
580 million trips That breaks down to about 10.9 per 100,000.
That isn't "about the same". Not by a long shot, and it means that either you just suck at math (charitable), or you are willing to basically make crap up to be 'right' (probable).
I mean, I would agree with you that the scooters don't qualify as a "public health hazard", but given your 'data' is junk, your arguments are no less rooted in pure emotional rhetoric than OMG's is.
And as others have mentioned, the fact that these things are pay per time rather than pay per distance is not helping, since it encourages people to do stupid things. That's something Lime and Bird really need to address.