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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
Anyway, walking westbound on 12 Ave SW coming up to the intersection across from Twisted Element, and I hear bike bells ringing. So I keep to the right of the sidewalk and about four of these f--king assh-les on scooters fly past me, and they're pinning it. French guy is relatively biased to the right side of the sidewalk, though he's drunk so he's not stuck to it although he is using whatever space he's entitled to as a person walking on a sidewalk would be anyway. One of these clowns on the scooter clip the side of this guy and he almost gets knocked on his ass, drops his phone, and they have the gall to start swearing at him to get out of the way. French guy loses his sh-t on them and if not for the fact that they sped away from him after hitting him, he'd probably have fought them.
Those scooters can kiss my ass.
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I’m living in the Beltline for a few months, so bike across the 12th Ave cycletrack twice a day. So far, the scooters have been by far the biggest hazard to contend with. Cars, cyclists, pedestrians…all relatively predictable. The people riding the scooters though are all over the place...whether it’s inexperienced first-time rider weaving in and out of lanes, the oblivious packs who treat it like a rolling party, or like in your story, those riding aggressively without any regard for other’s safety.
I get why they are popular, and I think they can be a good transportation option for short/medium urban trips…but man, I’m starting to get why so many people hate them. You're just never sure what rider you will come across, which is what makes them annoying.