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re: Scooters on LSU campus - took less than a month

Posted on 5/1/23 at 1:42 pm to
Posted by sicboy
Because Awesome
Member since Nov 2010
77649 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 1:42 pm to
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Every city they’ve infested has banned them within two years


They seem to be thriving in Tampa, just upgraded to newer versions, actually. Only problem I've seen is people thinking it's funny to thrown them in the river, which is a problem anywhere you have water and public transportation like this.

Bikes in Amsterdam
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
66622 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 1:42 pm to
Always wondered how they all get back to where they are supposed to be. i see them all over on game days. see them in the hay lot for almost every home game.
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Posted by sicboy
Because Awesome
Member since Nov 2010
77649 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 1:43 pm to
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In Dallas they did bikes and scooters and it made the city more of a mess


Keep seeing this but no one explaining HOW, unless you guys just don't like to look at them?

They're easy enough to ignore.
Posted by MikeD
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2004
7321 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 2:05 pm to
Big Urgent Care lobby got these to be allowed on campus
Posted by BZ504
Texas
Member since Oct 2005
9779 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 2:26 pm to
I went to Austin before Covid and they were everywhere.
Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George
Member since Aug 2004
78254 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 2:28 pm to
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I went to Austin before Covid and they were everywhere.



Same in San Diego. Saw people riding those frickers down the street in regular traffic downtown.
Posted by Rabby
Member since Mar 2021
600 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 2:32 pm to
My Harley identifies as a scooter...
Posted by tke_swamprat
Houma, LA
Member since Aug 2004
9850 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 2:40 pm to
We road them in downtown SLC all the way to University of Utah's campus. They were awesome and a quick way to see places.
Posted by Tortious
ATX
Member since Nov 2010
5153 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 2:40 pm to
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Always wondered how they all get back to where they are supposed to be. i see them all over on game days. see them in the hay lot for almost every home game.


My kid looked at signing up to pick them up here a couple of years back. Had an app, etc. He didn't do it though.
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
6578 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 2:44 pm to
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Keep seeing this but no one explaining HOW


Because they get left on sidewalks and other walking paths, usually tipped over taking up a bunch of real estate that you have to navigate around. Since I know that won't be enough to satisfy you, think about someone in a wheelchair and what they're supposed to in that situation.
Posted by namvet6566
Member since Oct 2012
6869 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 2:51 pm to

In Spain this will work because…….They are respectable and care, they go out of their way tp put paper in a trash can

Americans are lazy, disrespect able and do not give a frick. Especially this new Generation.

Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
6578 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 2:53 pm to
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In Spain this will work because


That's a really broad brush.

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Americans are lazy, disrespect able and do not give a frick


As is this.

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do not give a frick. Especially this new Generation


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namvet6566

You're the generation that raised this generation's parents.
Posted by hubertcumberdale
Member since Nov 2009
6617 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 3:18 pm to
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Took less than a month to become what I said it would become, a mess


anyone with an IQ over 75 could have predicted this
Posted by SixthAndBarone
Member since Jan 2019
8464 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 3:29 pm to
Walked campus a couple weeks ago. They were lying across sidewalks and in flowerbeds. Looked terrible and was a nuisance.
Posted by UtahCajun
Member since Jul 2021
516 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 3:34 pm to
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Always wondered how they all get back to where they are supposed to be. i see them all over on game days. see them in the hay lot for almost every home game


Here, they are owned by a private company. Each has a locator on them and there are employees who pick up and return any stray scooters. By and large however, those who use them, put them in the supplied racks they are supposed to go in.
Posted by Dubaitiger
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Member since Nov 2005
4978 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 3:24 am to
They are everywhere here in Abu Dhabi. Been wanting to clothesline a few flying by me on the sidewalk. They go to dam fast!!
Posted by Upperdecker
St. George, LA
Member since Nov 2014
30676 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 3:41 am to
I saw one on Burbank on the stretch near the new baseball complex Friday morning. That’s way on the other side of campus
Posted by John_V
SELA
Member since Oct 2018
1769 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 5:28 am to
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Same in San Diego. Saw people riding those frickers down the street in regular traffic downtown.


We rode them constantly in Austin, they're required to be on the road surprisingly. We got yelled out numerous times for having them on the sidewalks cause we didn't feel comfortable having them in the midst of traffic
Posted by Tigeralum2008
Yankees Fan
Member since Apr 2012
17167 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 6:22 am to
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They need to move a little slower. I think they move a bit too fast," Joy said. "You can definitely get hurt because if you hit a crack or curb, you'll go flying.


Good thing LSU has great roads
Posted by CrazyTigerFan
Osaka
Member since Nov 2003
3325 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 6:58 am to
Most students aren't riding them on the roads, they're slinging through the quad and up sidewalks where pedestrian traffic already is. Just like bikes, they should only be on streets, but then the damned things would be lying in the street instead of across the sidewalks.
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