I really really REALLY just need a place to vent about this, as my spouse is absolutely sick of me not being able to let this go
Four (4) times in 2024 (that I can recall at least somewhat vividly) I have been way too close to getting mowed down by a person riding a Lime scooter on a sidewalk. TWO of these times happened within the past 3 days.
I know it’s beating a dead horse at this point on this sub, but all I’ve been able to think about since around September is the story of the older gentleman in California that was hit by someone on a Lime scooter, hit his head on the concrete, and died in the hospital.
The fact that I’ve had SO many close calls, close enough to where it scares the shit out of me so much after it happens that I need to stand there and breathe for a minute, when I do everything to be as careful as I can be, here comes some dickhead FLYING by on a crowded sidewalk, carelessly weaving around people.
How do I do ANYTHING about this as an individual? Who would even be in charge of getting these things banned within the city? I know it must be possible, since I went to Portland for the first time about a month and a half ago and it was so refreshing to not see a single one of those things.
Is there someone I can email or something?? I don’t want to sound like a Karen but I also really don’t need to end up in the hospital with a brain injury 🫠 I feel like I’m fighting for my life out here some days as a pedestrian 😭
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