I like to ride them and do when they are available, but loads of cities have banned them over high accident incidence rates, hitting road cracks and pedestrians and landing all parties in the ER. San Diego, Paris, Houston, Barcelona among the major cities I have been to that no longer have them. Are the reasons not valid?
Because they drive like maniacs.
I was in center city philly last year. It was about 6am and still dark. I am on the sidewalk talking to someone who is about 3' away. Some dbag on an e bike splits us doing about 25 mph. Wtf.
If I took one step I would have been smashed.
