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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles: 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.

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I do not live in an Idaho stop state, but I do it regularly.

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[–] givesomefucks -3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Is the criticism that they told drivers about how the Idaho stop worked? If the Idaho stop was going to be more widely adopted, it’s a reasonable assumption that there would be a public education campaign so people knew what to expect.

And that will never get out to everyone...

And while they may remember, how long will they?

Couple days? Couple months?

How long do you think a 60 year old will remember and pay attention to it over 45 years of driving experience?

But the study as a first step is pretty reasonable.

It's not if the only way it worked was immediately before the test saying "cyclists won't obey traffic laws".

Like, there'd have to be an automated message that plays every single time you start a vehicle for this to be applicable...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's a traffic law, you can teach it just like any other. It gets added to driving school's curricula and must be demonstrated in driving tests. You could communicate this law to existing drivers by removing the stop line from bike lanes and putting little bike yield signs, if the intersection warrants it.