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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.

micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"

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[โ€“] atempuser23 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is beyond stupid. The writer states that helmets don't protect from getting hit by cars, so they don't work. Once you are hit by a car it's pretty hard to stop your head from bouncing off the car or the pavement. It greatly limits the kind and severity of head injuries you can get.

If you don't want to wear one then don't. Just don't write articles that pretends helmets are not useful pieces of safety gear.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I agree with the sentiment that protected bike lanes are critical for safety but yeah, I am sure as hell wearing a helmet, especially on an ebike!