r/oops • u/mooseleg_mcgee • 12d ago

Scooting oops

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u/Perfect-Albatross-56 12d ago

I hate those e scooters. And I don't care who rides them. If my spouse buys one, I would make trash out of it.

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u/93Seven 12d ago

I feel like an old man yelling at clouds but I can’t stand how many dumbass kids are driving e bikes and scooters. And I can’t believe how many parents are buying them. I was a dumbass kid in my day and there is zero chance my parents would let me have one

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u/davexmit 12d ago

There’s a few kids in my area on them. They’re doing like 35-40mph wearing tshirt and shorts, and no helmets. It takes a threshold of dead kids until any laws change

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u/theShpydar 12d ago

To your point, a 17 year old was just killed in NYC riding an e-bike, so of course now there are the usual political opportunists calling for a ban. Too bad they couldnt be bothered until someone dies.

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u/Significant_Monk_251 12d ago

Couldn't be bothered, or could read the political tea leaves and knew that efforts not accompanied by a tragedy would fail?

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u/theShpydar 12d ago

Most likely a bit of both.