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Originally Posted by 81MC
Is it an insurance thing that the permit for scooter-sharing pays into or something? I would think someone with a personal scooter is far less a liability than some random.
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I think they wanted it as a trial, so it's easier to revoke if it isn't working out, when it is 2 scooter companies to manage. I kinda get why they did it, but as a cyclist, it's a non-issue. 2 of the collisions I saw last year were scooters running over pedestrians on the sidewalk, when there was a mostly empty cycle track next to them they were allowed to be in.
I'm not even really convinced sidewalks are the best place for them, given the chance of running into the elderly, blind, or less able bodied. The 2 people I saw got smoked were able bodied, they didn't even see the scooters coming.