Damn it, Auto!

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I came here to see how many comments down a "I came here for Wall E" comment would be. Anyways, here we are

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If you dig a hole ahead of time, it also works as a very rudimentary toilet. Then if you add a Fedex truck mod, they slide straight onto the sidewalk.

From what I hear they're quite comfortable and are designed to be used in that way. TBH they're probably more comfortable to sit in for long periods than office chairs since they're intended for people who can't ever get up.

Office chair? In a slave factory?

But that doesn’t tell me *how* they’re parking it or where lol, thus my question. That doesn’t tell us much at all

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> bike lanes are a clusterfuck of e-bikes

Sort of happening here in the US. A sedate speed is one thing, but e-bikes allow the idiots to be even worse.

Well yeah, everyone knows spoilers and racing stripes add at least 50 hp

I should imagine that 'sleepers' would be one of the first things people try, as it's a bit morally/legally iffy to start with. The e-skate/scooter technology is already there, so it's just a case of buying the bits and bolting it together in the right order. 60+mph wheelchairs are very easily achievable if you have the money for parts.

I don't know, I'd kind of want to see a donk wheel chair.

Now I kinda want to see wheelchair drag racing.

When I was in college I lived in an apartment 2 miles from campus. I tried taking the bus but it took 45 minutes to 1 hour to get to campus. It was faster to walk the 2 miles.

Have you taken a bus in a country with decent public transport? Like with separate bus lanes and stuff? Because they really aren't if implemented properly.

It's not fun riding buses in the US because they're held up in the same traffic jams they're meant to alleviate, and they're not funded to the point where there's a network both far-reaching and with reasonable headways.

Now they’re stuck behind wheelchairs.

Only in countries with underfunded public transport.

Not so much with dedicated and controlled bus lanes.

Controlled meaning there's cameras in some intersections, if you drive straight with a car instead of using the bus lane to turn right, you're getting fined.

But is that required if you're riding on the road with traffic? I read that to mean, if you use a zebra crossing on a bike, you have to dismount and walk it, which seems sensible.

I'm surprised they don't ride on the street.

But I never been to China so I don't know how feasible it is due to the danger or lack of infrastructure.

I ride around everywhere and almost never cross any type of cross walk.

Having driven around campus (in the US) during my college years, I’m fairly biased against the complaints for having to dismount. People on bikes would often switch between the bike lane at intersections and the crosswalk without slowing down so they could get past red lights. Those who stuck to the sidewalks wouldn’t slow down prior to crossing either. Imagine taking a left turn at dawn/dusk where everything is clear, but suddenly a bike emerges from behind a building/bushes and neither of you can stop in time. Any accidents are held at fault of the driver despite the people on bikes not following local laws (if any) to be below a certain speed limit.

Dismounting sounds annoying, and I get that. But if all fault is pushed onto drivers to cover accidents and bikes are fairly common, it discourages drivers from being anywhere near the area.

There’s probably a better way to compromise on how to handle this but I can see why it’s written this way.

i like china uncensored as well, but feel they are also biased.

Any alternative source for china news that is more factual?

These guys really think ccp is trying to pay off a supposed 50,000,000,000,000 with traffic tickets lol

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They exaggerate and come to wrong conclusions, but the things they are talking about are often true, just not that big of a problem as they make it seem.

i like china uncensored as well, but feel they are also biased.

Any alternative source for china news that is more factual?

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I’m sure that’s next. It’s China. They’re going to require a license to use a wheelchair and then fine everyone. They’ll announce it on a Sunday night and start enforcement on Monday morning.

My parents have electric scooters, and they can definitely move faster than my walking pace, which is also a bit faster than the average person walks.

And since these are totally unregulated so far over there, they could be heavily modified for performance as well. One might say that this would be dangerous, sure, but the Chinese are not known for risk-aversion when moving around.

I think it's because the Gov knows that most e-bikes are used on footpaths (illegal but I've never heard anyone get fine for it) so they want to limit them so you don't kill a pedestrian. Even them ride share legal e-scooters (limited in speed and power) have been known to kill pedestrians when riders hit walkers and knock them over hitting their heads.

Not many people ride bikes on the roads in Australia compared to other countries simply because we have fast free flowing traffic and full of idiot car and truck drivers. It's just not that safe on the roads here.

Another issue in Australia is we don't have THAT many bike paths, there's been moves to make Sydney more bike friendly but NIMBYs have sued councils to get them removed as they don't like them for some reason. Probably because they can't park their extra SUV's in the front of their house or something or it lowers house value.. Who knows but people are actively against bikes here in Sydney and are all pro cars.. most homes have at least 2 cars.

I used to be pro e-bikes but have given up as they can't seem to get the laws and bike tracks in a timely manner. I've now moved onto small capacity motorbikes and think e-motorcycles/hydrogen motorbikes are now the future since they can use normal roads and riders need licenses while e-bike riders don't need licenses and can also be batshit crazy and don't follow road rules when they are on the road.

If they want e-bikes to be a real thing in Aust they need to allow people to ride powerful e-bikes on the road but make them get a special license and read the motorbike road rule book. My e-bike has a 1500w motor and can do around 70km which would be perfect for urban road riding but it's illegal and there's no way of making it legal unless I go make reg (and install indicators) it as a e-motorcycle and use a motorcycle license.

250w e-bikes are just not powerful enough to be on the road since they max out at around 40km with you peddling your heart out.

Also not AU, but would guess it's about safety. Having something bruising around at higher speeds in spaces shared by pedestrians, and being less actively steered... can cause problems.

And at some point, you stop talking about a "bike" and more about a "moped", which has different regulations to deal with those topics.