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Rented e-scooters set to vanish from Madrid streets
(lemmy.world)
MADRID, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Operators of rental e-scooters will have until Oct. 25 to remove all their mobility devices from the streets of Madrid, the mayor's office said on Tuesday, following an outcry against reckless driving and chaotic parking by their users.
After withdrawing their licences last month, the mayor's office said the three foreign operators - Lime, Dott and Tier Mobility - had failed to implement limits on their clients' circulation or control their parking to regain the licences. Amsterdam-based Dott, Germany's Tier Mobility and U.S.-based Lime, whose scooters are available via the Uber have around 2,000 e-scooters each throughout Madrid.
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The same thing happened in NYC.. along with the dipshits riding in bike lanes, running pedestrians over and generally normalizing an absolute clusterfuck that's going to take a generation to bring back into line.
After learning motorcycles, all I can say is that maybe scooters aren't such a great idea. Rentals? Keep them to Class 2 E-bikes (MAXIMUM). Anything else? You need to understand that these things can hurt people and they are a privilege, not a right.
Wait, they're not allowed in the bike-lane in NYC?
They're meant to drive on the road or where?
Stand-up scooters are allowed (they're also terrible because you can't see past them, and their tiny wheels mean their riders are constantly swerving to avoid irregularities in the road surface).
Mopeds (what I was referring to) are absolutely not allowed in bike lanes, they must have full license plates and the drivers must be also licensed.