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micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles, heelies, or an office chair: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!

"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (7 children)

Uh... They're not the same thing? πŸ€”

Got two wheels? Electrically powered? That's an electronic bicycle. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

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[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I'm sure the kids will be distraught by the mistake!

[–] SlippiHUD@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

And some will end up dead because they wore a bicycle helmet on something that can go 65mph.

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 4 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Give a normal acoustic bike a steep enough hill and you can get to 65mph. Note that I said you: I won't try this, but someone else could - they might even survive the attempt.

[–] SlippiHUD@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

Sure, but that's pretty restricted to specific geography most people would have to travel to, and not the road outside thier home.

The first time I rode a dirt bike I panicked and crashed into a chain link fence. Going maybe 5 mph, and that was with adult supervision. I hate to think what will happen to these children who are accidentally given a road vehicle because the regulations are currently inadequate.

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[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

πŸ₯ΊπŸ’”πŸ’€

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[–] kikutwo@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (3 children)

Happening around me and one of them is going to be squashed like a bug based on how they are riding them. Editing to add the hilarious downvotes while describing exactly what is happening here lmao. Yeah, the 15 year old ripping into traffic isn't going to be hit by a car at all.

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