Scooters are taking cars off the road, a survey says
So many people consider this a menace when in many ways it&#x27;s closer to utopia. For decades cities have tried to get commuters to switch to bikes and public transportation, but nothing has really stuck in the states due to the convenience of cars. Now that it&#x27;s happening, some people aren&#x27;t happy.<p>The situation is basically that 20% of the population of some cities has switched to an ideal form of transportation within months, and our infrastructure isn&#x27;t built for it. Imagine the number of bike commuters increased 1000% in three months. That&#x27;s the situation were in. The irony of people complaining about it isn&#x27;t lost on me.<p>People love bikes, and you never really hear complaints about people riding them just about anywhere. Bikers have been &quot;violating&quot; road and sidewalk laws for longer than cars have existed. These scooters are slower and smaller than bikes, and follow regulations better (reflectors, headlights, sometimes brake lights) . They&#x27;re basically as carbon friendly as you can get for a motorized vehicle. And they&#x27;re cheap and fairly durable. I bought one ~6 months ago and no problems for 500+ miles, it&#x27;s practically taken my car off the road permenantly.<p>We should be embracing these scooter with open arms. They&#x27;re drastically reducing road congestion at least in my city. Even displacing rideshare to the point that I&#x27;ve had many drivers tell me that nobody gets picked up downtown anymore.<p>But I guess the &quot;get off my road&#x2F;sidewalk&quot; backlash is inevitable because people don&#x27;t like change.