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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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That rider isn't hanging out on the side of the road just to relax

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[–] iii@mander.xyz 28 points 3 weeks ago

Tldr: That’s a bit of signaling we do to other riders (and the occasional kind driver) to say we need help.

[–] 24_at_the_withers 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks for sharing this. I've been a motorcyclist for quite a long time, but normally stick to myself and had never heard of this. While I doubt I'll encounter a situation I'm not prepared to deal with (my day job is essentially planning for and taking charge on very bad days, so I'm pretty good at it), this will better help me spot others that may need assistance.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd never heard of it either, and I came from a town that heavily pushed motorcycle riding and motorcycle visibility initiatives.

Something to know and watch out for.

[–] andyburke@fedia.io 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Been riding a couple decades and never heard of this. Even the article links to forums where people are discussing how this isn't an actual well known signal, which is kinda what you want when in distress.

Try waving your arms.

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 8 points 3 weeks ago

Every time there's something about "The Secret Meaning Behind [Thing]," the comments are always about how no one has ever heard of it. It's almost always clickbait about, at best, a tiny part of a nation-wide community that no one has ever heard of. If it was a common understood sign, there wouldn't be an article about it. No one would read, "A Thumb Over the Shoulder at the Roadside? It Could be a Cry for Help!"

[–] RecallMadness@lemmy.nz 4 points 3 weeks ago

If you’re on the side of the road, I’m pulling over and checking you’re ok.

[–] Michal@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago

If you see me on the side of the road with my helmet behind my bike, though, I’m asking you to do more than wave. That’s a bit of signaling we do to other riders (and the occasional kind driver) to say we need help.