Comment on Bike Riders of lemmy, you okay with me riding my eScooter in the bike lane?
ericisshort@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s not really up to Lemmy.
Please check your local laws regarding scooters and other electric powered vehicles bike lanes. If it’s legal, go ahead and ride there all you want.
ericbomb@lemmy.world 8 months ago
No laws against it, but I’m just curious if I’m angering the faster and more athletic folks!
1st@kbin.social 8 months ago
I'll be much more irritated if you're on the sidewalk. It's more dangerous for pedestrians and for you. When you're biking you expect to have to pass people whether it's because they're a slower cyclist or using a escooter. My old apartment had an exit at a blind corner and dealing with escooter riders on the sidewalk was hellish. I would pull out slowly so that pedestrians had plenty of time to stop, but when scooters became popular I had to start creating forward at a painfully slow pace because people going bike speeds somehow thought it was okay to be on the sidewalk.
ericbomb@lemmy.world 8 months ago
There is a specific place I use sidewalk, but I always go slower and go onto street or walk by pedestrians.
The road is just super busy and nowhere to possibly be on road.
awwwyissss@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I think if you’re respectful most people won’t care. It’s just the small percent of jackasses that ruin it for everyone else.