I find them handy, but they’re are just way too many of them and people just dump in bad spots with no consideration for others, especially around the entrances to public transport.
I think escooters and ebikes help bring a lot of people around who might not otherwise cycle, and extend the ranges of those who would. Escooters in particular seen ideally suited as part of multimodal trips, given their size and foldability.
In other countries, people throw them everywhere and they end up obstructing footpaths ect.
We already have shit footpaths and cycle lanes, and are terrible litterers. It would be a total disaster.
I think the way to go is a bike-to-work scheme for e-scooters. Also, legalise the damn things.
They are extremely convenient and efficient and are a perfectly useful mode of transport in many cities.
But there needs to be some pretty drastic cultural change on behalf of the people who use them and the people around them for them to be viable in Dublin.
They would be good if we had good lane infrastructure and people were considerate. But we don’t and we are not so they’d only be adding to the mess.
They have them in UL, but you’ve got footpaths and cycle lanes everywhere, so they’re never on the road.
They will form a great natural reef in our rivers, canals and lakes same as the bicycles and trolleys
Fylx scooter rentals in Netherlands is great ! Proper moped full electric, just tap to get it started and your away. But they don’t have ferrel cunts running a muck in their city ! We cant have nice things in Dublin
Anything that gets cars off the road I’m happy with
Dude ran over my skateboard in one since he thought everything and everyone would get out of his way and he wasn’t even looking, zooming about Smithfield, he went fucking flying and bust his head and arm pretty bad! Called me a retard but me and the lads give it good back to him So yeah they are hilarious seeing people think there silver surfer until they spill! Good but dangerous
They’re a blight. Users are going on footpaths and roads. Going against traffic, running lights. Nutcases seem to think wearing all black while riding them at night is ok too. Needs regulation because at the moment they are a nightmare to other road users
I hate them so for the sole fact that people will just leave these anywhere and everywhere. I was in Washington recently, which is a very clean and well kept city. But, the amount of e-scooters scattered everywhere sort of took away from the beauty of the place.
All out war on the foot paths I’d say
It’s great, been to Belgium where they have bike lanes everywhere and people use them a lot.
Dunno how the fuck we’re suppose to use them without the quality bike lane infrastructure that the other European countries have
Too fast for the foot paths, too slow for the road. They don’t really work here (rural Ireland)
They’re great, I even based my degree’s final project on them being used as alternative transport for the potential situation of city centre apartments not providing car parking spaces for residents.
But as a form of hop on hop off transport like other countries have them, what problem are they solving for us in Ireland? Easing of public transport demands? That still doesn’t solved our public transport infrastructure issues. We can barely lay down proper cycling lanes. How different are they from the Dublin bikes you can rent?
Electric scooters have some cool benefits but if those benefits don’t align with a solution to a specific problem then they won’t do much other than continue to just be cool benefits.
Maybe there is a use case where they solve a problem, around UCD and surrounding areas for student transport? But as a subsidising form of transport for public use in city centres, I don’t think they solve much.
The big problem with bike and scooter sharing is storage.
Docked bike share schemes (DublinBikes) don’t have this problem. Bleeper does a good job with this too.
Most other schemes don’t, and people suck so they end up littered on our footpaths which are already in a dreadful state generally.
So I don’t love it.
Had one dropped on my toes last week and the amount of times I’ve nearly need hit by them on footpaths, they don’t belong on footpaths.
I cannot strees enough how amazing these things are… I’ve been to Lisbon recently for a week due to a family member appointment and had a few business appointments and literally traveled through the whole city on this the whole week. Same thing where I currently live in the Algarve, if I have to go anywhere for an appointment I just get on one of these to get there. No need to use the car for anything besides if I need to bring heavier stuff…
Some minimal legislation to enable e scooters and e bikes is needed, most of what is on the road is technically illegal at the moment. It’s as much effort to get a faster e bike as it is to get a motorcycle at the moment.
I think people are too flippant when on them, going into traffic then the pavement. Just seems like an accident waiting to happen.
Great hit All over mainland europe !
Do they come with little horns so you can honk at people or do you need to shout like a mong ?
Love them. Use them all the time when i go to germany.
We need to educate people about them re parking and safety. Organise the infrastructure a bit for them too.
Would be amazing if we could get an accessible version for old people and disabled. Imagine an escooter you could dock a wheelchair into. Game changer
I think they should be allowed, but with bicycle rules. So helmet, lights, bicycle lane, etc. I know I’d love for my husband to be able to get one for going to work and back.
They’re everywhere over here in Welly, NZ. Mainly because the city center is small and even going from one side to the other could be walked in about 45 minutes.
I don’t know how well they’d do around Dublin city center though. The batteries aren’t that great though so if you were looking to go from, say, Fairview or Cabra into town, the batteries would be mostly empty after a journey like that. Plus all the scumbags would wreck them and throw them in the Liffey for sport. That kind of shite doesnt really happen over here.
My real pet peeve with them is idiots just jumping off them and leaving them in the middle of thoroughfares.
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I find them handy, but they’re are just way too many of them and people just dump in bad spots with no consideration for others, especially around the entrances to public transport.
I think escooters and ebikes help bring a lot of people around who might not otherwise cycle, and extend the ranges of those who would. Escooters in particular seen ideally suited as part of multimodal trips, given their size and foldability.
In other countries, people throw them everywhere and they end up obstructing footpaths ect.
We already have shit footpaths and cycle lanes, and are terrible litterers. It would be a total disaster.
I think the way to go is a bike-to-work scheme for e-scooters. Also, legalise the damn things.
They are extremely convenient and efficient and are a perfectly useful mode of transport in many cities.
But there needs to be some pretty drastic cultural change on behalf of the people who use them and the people around them for them to be viable in Dublin.
They would be good if we had good lane infrastructure and people were considerate. But we don’t and we are not so they’d only be adding to the mess.
They have them in UL, but you’ve got footpaths and cycle lanes everywhere, so they’re never on the road.
They will form a great natural reef in our rivers, canals and lakes same as the bicycles and trolleys
Fylx scooter rentals in Netherlands is great ! Proper moped full electric, just tap to get it started and your away. But they don’t have ferrel cunts running a muck in their city ! We cant have nice things in Dublin
Anything that gets cars off the road I’m happy with
Dude ran over my skateboard in one since he thought everything and everyone would get out of his way and he wasn’t even looking, zooming about Smithfield, he went fucking flying and bust his head and arm pretty bad! Called me a retard but me and the lads give it good back to him So yeah they are hilarious seeing people think there silver surfer until they spill! Good but dangerous
They’re a blight. Users are going on footpaths and roads. Going against traffic, running lights. Nutcases seem to think wearing all black while riding them at night is ok too. Needs regulation because at the moment they are a nightmare to other road users
I hate them so for the sole fact that people will just leave these anywhere and everywhere. I was in Washington recently, which is a very clean and well kept city. But, the amount of e-scooters scattered everywhere sort of took away from the beauty of the place.
All out war on the foot paths I’d say
It’s great, been to Belgium where they have bike lanes everywhere and people use them a lot.
Dunno how the fuck we’re suppose to use them without the quality bike lane infrastructure that the other European countries have
Too fast for the foot paths, too slow for the road. They don’t really work here (rural Ireland)
They’re great, I even based my degree’s final project on them being used as alternative transport for the potential situation of city centre apartments not providing car parking spaces for residents.
But as a form of hop on hop off transport like other countries have them, what problem are they solving for us in Ireland? Easing of public transport demands? That still doesn’t solved our public transport infrastructure issues. We can barely lay down proper cycling lanes. How different are they from the Dublin bikes you can rent?
Electric scooters have some cool benefits but if those benefits don’t align with a solution to a specific problem then they won’t do much other than continue to just be cool benefits.
Maybe there is a use case where they solve a problem, around UCD and surrounding areas for student transport? But as a subsidising form of transport for public use in city centres, I don’t think they solve much.
The big problem with bike and scooter sharing is storage.
Docked bike share schemes (DublinBikes) don’t have this problem. Bleeper does a good job with this too.
Most other schemes don’t, and people suck so they end up littered on our footpaths which are already in a dreadful state generally.
So I don’t love it.
Had one dropped on my toes last week and the amount of times I’ve nearly need hit by them on footpaths, they don’t belong on footpaths.
I cannot strees enough how amazing these things are… I’ve been to Lisbon recently for a week due to a family member appointment and had a few business appointments and literally traveled through the whole city on this the whole week. Same thing where I currently live in the Algarve, if I have to go anywhere for an appointment I just get on one of these to get there. No need to use the car for anything besides if I need to bring heavier stuff…
Some minimal legislation to enable e scooters and e bikes is needed, most of what is on the road is technically illegal at the moment. It’s as much effort to get a faster e bike as it is to get a motorcycle at the moment.
I think people are too flippant when on them, going into traffic then the pavement. Just seems like an accident waiting to happen.
Great hit All over mainland europe !
Do they come with little horns so you can honk at people or do you need to shout like a mong ?
Love them. Use them all the time when i go to germany.
We need to educate people about them re parking and safety. Organise the infrastructure a bit for them too.
Would be amazing if we could get an accessible version for old people and disabled. Imagine an escooter you could dock a wheelchair into. Game changer
I think they should be allowed, but with bicycle rules. So helmet, lights, bicycle lane, etc. I know I’d love for my husband to be able to get one for going to work and back.
They’re everywhere over here in Welly, NZ. Mainly because the city center is small and even going from one side to the other could be walked in about 45 minutes.
I don’t know how well they’d do around Dublin city center though. The batteries aren’t that great though so if you were looking to go from, say, Fairview or Cabra into town, the batteries would be mostly empty after a journey like that. Plus all the scumbags would wreck them and throw them in the Liffey for sport. That kind of shite doesnt really happen over here.
My real pet peeve with them is idiots just jumping off them and leaving them in the middle of thoroughfares.