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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
If you don't know how many collisions there have been between scooters and people, then you can't even start to quantify the risk, so saying "you shouldn't be able to risk other people" is meaningless.
I know it's just another goal post, but the amount of goal posts you move to without anything substantial to back it up is crazy.
Just say you're a wiener who hates scooters and release me from this pain. I have another life to live! I have definitions of idioms to look up!
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You have a hate on for data anyway so here's a bunch of links explaining that it might be somewhat or a risk to allow people to roll down sidewalks at 20 kmh. Lots and lots of municipalities are having problems with this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZHlDis_8-E
https://www.washingtonpost.com/
http://theconversation.com/electric-...awmakers-99654
https://www.lederernojima.com/person...rs-on-the-rise
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/p...-a8955561.html
Here's a number for you...
https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0212190854.htm
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About 92 percent (228) of the injured people were riders, and 8 percent (21) were non-riders, including pedestrians who were struck by scooter riders or who stumbled over a discarded scooter.
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And that's in LA where scooters are not allowed on the sidewalk.
Ok, so you win. You're smarter than me and I'm sorry for wasting your intellectual time.
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For the rider. Not pedestrians. Or else we’d have separate bike lanes in every park.
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We do have separate lanes in some parks in Calgary. And bike lanes of course.