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AlexLost@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Yes, they are currently unregulated and not street legal, so if you break the law, you face the consequences. Motor vehicles have their own statutes, but etransportation does not yet ha e anything, and I’ll bet automotive manufacturers will continue to fight to keep it that way so people continue to buy cars instead. What should be done about it? I haven’t a clue.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
Mopeds have been a thing for a long time and electric has been an option for a long time. Also bike delivery has been a thing in NYC for a long time. That they are not street legal doesn’t make sense to me. Unless for the same reason a Mustang is street legal but a Mach E is not.
AlexLost@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Electric vehicles like scooters and the like is what I meant. Mopeds and bikes should be following the rules of the road like any motor vehicle. I believe fully electric scooters are not street legal and can’t be insured. Bike couriers exist everywhere, and should be following the rules of the road too, but rarely do. Cars and their drivers are little better, but theres an entire arm of legislation that governs them where as none really exist for any other mode of travel?
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
I’ll just leave this here…
AlexLost@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
I stand corrected. This is actually a really good infographic.