Entirely unashamed anti car propaganda, and the more the better.
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Saul Goodman
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Another edcraw genius attempt at a gotcha.
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Plastic Paddy
Issues of safety, registration, training, road-worthiness, regulation, etc.
Just little things like that.
All of which can be dealt with through regulation & doesn't mean they should remain illegal.
Seriously, give the podcast a go. It talks about evidence for harm of e-scooters and likens the outsized response to them to the moral panics around new technologies (juke boxes, comics, video games) of the past.
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Saul Goodman
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I used to like the Beano when I was a child but I was never bowled over by it.
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Plastic Paddy
Where's the podcast link?
72. You’re Wrong About Bikes with Michael Hobbes
thewaroncars.org
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Saul Goodman
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How fast would the Dandy have to be travelling to kill someone?1950’s: A ‘Moral Panic’ That Targeted Comic Books
Comic books have been a staple of American pop culture for the better part of 90 years. The origin story of comics as we know them, however, is much more complicated. In the 1950s, a moral panic sw…
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Plastic Paddy
72. You’re Wrong About Bikes with Michael Hobbes
A forty-two minute podcast entitled "The War On Cars" by a New York journalist. Think I might swerve that for now!
Can you give us a precis; specifically with reference to the legal issues surrounding the use of e-scooters in the UK?
TLDL: e-scooters aren't very dangerousA forty-two minute podcast entitled "The War On Cars" by a New York journalist. Think I might swerve that for now!
Can you give us a precis; specifically with reference to the legal issues surrounding the use of e-scooters in the UK?
ps. the podcast title is tongue in cheek - there is no 'war on cars'.
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Saul Goodman
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E-scooters are dangerous. Many people have been seriously injured and killed by them.
Taps fingers whilst waiting for whataboutery reply.
And 'war on cars' doesn't say 'war on cars' ... Classic!
Do you have any evidence?
Saul Goodman
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Yes. I used Google and found lots of evidence.
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Plastic Paddy
This is very controversial and I don't think anyone's taking the opinion of Michael Hobbes as gospel on it.
But wasn't your original argument something to do with black people?
Great discussion!
Saul Goodman
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Indeed - the first link shows they're not very dangerous, especially to people not using them.
Saul Goodman
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No, it doesn't.
Saul Goodman
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57 pedestrians, 383 riders and 21 cyclists injured in e-scooter crashes
Thirteen of the casualties suffered injuries described as “serious”, one rider died
Saul Goodman
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You're either thick or dishonest. Which is it?
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Plastic Paddy
Well it's not like your own contributions have been Earth-shattering.
Would you agree that there should be (at least some) legislation around the use of motorised transport?
Do you think that someone like Saul should be able to tune-up a scooter to 70mph and 10 year olds be able to ride them down motorways, for example?
And are you going to explain your weird thing about black people?
Saul Goodman
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Hundreds of Londoners injured in e-scooter crashes, figures reveal
Almost 300 Londoners were injured in e-scooter crashes last year, it has been revealed.
www.standard.co.uk
edcraw, do these figures not suggest that e-scooters are dangerous?
They're the same figures I posted and show they aren't very dangerous.Hundreds of Londoners injured in e-scooter crashes, figures reveal
Almost 300 Londoners were injured in e-scooter crashes last year, it has been revealed.
edcraw, do these figures not suggest that e-scooters are dangerous?
Do these figures suggest cars are dangerous?
Saul Goodman
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You're saying 1 death and 128 injured is an unacceptable danger therefore cars are also an unacceptable danger. You've set the definition.
teuchter
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He's in favour of murdering people with guns, electricity, kitchen knives or cars. But not scooters.
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Saul Goodman
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Can you not read? Three deaths this year in London alone, and 300 injuries and one death in London last year.
And car drivers are already subject to laws and regulations
Yes, so legalise them with regulation.Can you not read? Three deaths this year in London alone, and 300 injuries and one death in London last year.
And car drivers are already subject to laws and regulations
