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E-scooters are becoming wildly popular – but we have to factor in the weather

4 pointsby elahiehover 2 years ago

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aurizonover 2 years ago
I recall the rise of millions of small gas sit down scooters in Taiwan. Small cars, 3 wheel tuk-tuks as well. As the 80&#x27;s progressed there were large numbers of young men with knee troubles, crutches, canes etc. This was cause by the knees sticking out and getting smashed in a collision. Young girls usually rode behind the driver in side-saddle mode, so were less represented in the accidents. Now these battery scooters will start to show up with their characteristic injuries. I am not quite sure how they will manifest. You ride at 25 MPH, scooter hits a curb = 0 MPH and you must now start running at 25 MPH - this will not end well. They have already made a matk in the stats.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?q=escooter+trauma&amp;rlz=1C1CHBF_enCA924CA924&amp;oq=escooter+trauma&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57.9123j0j15&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?q=escooter+trauma&amp;rlz=1C1CHBF_...</a>