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Rental electric scooters to clutter UK street scenes after Department of Transport gives year-long trial the thumbs-up

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"The aim of the tests is to gauge whether they're an effective way of reducing car traffic while determining their impact on overall road safety."

Here in North we've had those for 2 years. Thoroughly useless in winter, absolutely ridiculously priced in summer and overall junk on streets when not in use. Which means >90% of the time.

Also payment methods are shady as f**k: "app" on the phone which charges money from your bank account, apparantly as much as it wants.

No way in hell I'd use anything like that for anything.

Also 0 change in car traffic: Those are replacing bicycle or walking, not a car. In some cases a bus, but not a car.

Well, obviously: No roof, no sitting place, expensive to use and a privacy/security nightmare.

Also unsafe as hell: No brakes, zero stability and rolling on pair of 2" wheels. At 15mph.

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