Governments are clamping down on protests against climate change: * silence *
Some idiots cut down speed cameras the people living there specifically asked for: YEAH! Fuck the police!!!1! Rage against the machine!!!1! Fuck mass surveillance!!!1!
Priorities , I guess.
Tell me you’ve never been outside of your crappy state and have never seen a European city nor ever seen a modern European apartment.
You do understand other countries have actual buildings that consist of more than some wood and styrofoam, right?
People can read your other comments as well, you know? Your account is a textbook about insecure masculinity, Mr. „I am the man other men wish they could be“ 😂
Riots and protests don’t need your approval or applause. They happen because the majority of people are too complacent. If everyone was already aboard we’d just do those things, you know. You probably don’t understand this, because you never stuck out your neck for anything in your life.
There’s even a website that translates it for you: https://www.composerize.com/
Yeah, this is really no joke.
Cube is a German company, and one of the largest bike manufacturers. Their bikes are ubiquitous here.
And German vehicle regulations are extremely strict. It‘s only an e-bike if it’s limited to 25 km/h, anything above is a „light motor bike“, which indeed needs a registration and a license.
Driving a vehicle without those is a misdemeanour* in Germany.
And I assume Cube did everything to reach out to all owners directly, so Police will assume you know those bikes are illegal.
Edit: * Technically. I mean, most likely they’ll just find you and impound the bike. But if they want to fuck you up about this, they totally can.
The argument was not whether fixed cost exceed the variable cost or vice versa.
The argument was that a lot of people severely underestimate the actual cost of any given trip because they only account for (a subset of) the variable costs (i.e. gas).
And it’s true. Rarely anyone does full costing when it comes to cars because „the fixed cost are there no matter how much you drive“.
It’s definitely going to be very popular with some crews groups…
The results seem to show that despite Paris banning shared electric scooters, Parisians still seek out and use shared mobility devices. Now, they appear to have merely shifted to shared bikes instead of shared scooters.
Friendly reminder that correlation is not causation.
From what I remember from reading studies about usage patterns of shared scooter they seemed to be replacing mostly short walks and public transport trips, and rarely car usage (only short taxi trips IIRC). Also usage patterns are mostly for leisure and fun, and rarely commuting.
And I don’t see why someone who’s too lazy to walk or sit on a tram would use a bike now. I mean, sure, some people, but definitely not all of them.
Also, there were 15k scooters, and the number of bike rides per month exploded by at least 1 million, which would mean that every single scooter was used at least two times every day. That doesn’t feel plausible.
On the other hand, Paris is investing heavily in bike infra, so my guess would be some major player/s just dropped massive amounts of shared bikes and people who did not use them before are now using them. Could be anyone, though. Maybe 15 k people stopped using a car and are now commuting by bike twice a day… 🤷♀️
Yes, because people in the US cannot be trusted to drive at safe speeds while the EU regulates 80/100 km/h with a trailer.
Ahahaha, tell me you’ve never left your country, probably not even your fucking state.
Yeah, all of Europe doesn’t know how to tow, and is „sketchy as fuck“. 🤡
This is perfectly legal and safe.
You know what’s sketchy as fuck? The US, which has 3 times more road deaths per capita than the EU.
Now go back to your wankpanzer, please.
Also, that’s funny that USAA won’t cover bikes that assist above 15mph, since literally every class of eBike goes faster than that
That is, however, the legal limit for e-bikes in the EU (25 km/h), everything else you need license and registration for.
There’s a world of difference between a legit branded eBike
Seriously, what is going on with the US (from another article that’s linked in this one):
“I had my e bike (although it’s one of those that look like scooters with the big batteries) in the elevator and the super just happened to come in. He stared at it and said you can’t charge these in the building. You’ll be getting a letter soon. I got it and it said e-bikes were not allowed in the building anymore because of all the fires that have come up because of them. It’s really sad too because I just ordered myself an e-bike from alibaba that I’d been waiting weeks for.“
Who the fuck buys an e-bike on ali-fucking-baba?
Yo do understand there’s countries outside the US, right? 🤡
Lol. Having a US driving license means you might be qualified to safely ride a tricycle on a training course.
Interesting piece of hyperlocal history, very nice.
What I don’t understand though is why they never moved from the U-shape to… I don’t know the English term, in Germany the most widely used ones are called “Leipziger” or “Kreuzberger” rack.
They are the most ubiquitous rack by far here.
I like them since they stop bikes from falling over and allow for a variety of locking options. For example I usually just lock my bike on the top bar when I just want to drop into the supermarket or something.
The issue with them is only that bike thieves found out that it’s far easier to cut through the rack instead of the locks, so they started doing this… 😅
I don’t know if it’s an advantage, but I’ve seen one lately, and it was fucking loud.
Like eeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeee loud.