But also be consider where you park. Thanks to Ruth for sending from Capitol Hill. (more…)
Scooter
Photo by PoPville flickr user Tim Brown
Last night Haleigh Hoffman tweeted:
“PLEASE be careful while riding scooters and don’t ride them at night. A man just face planted a few feet in front of my car. I had to call 911 because he wasn’t initially responding and bleeding from his head.
His face was pretty messed up and he’s been taken to a nearby hospital. I think he’ll be fine, but It was really scary and I’m shaken up.
scooters aren’t a reasonable mode of transportation at night. It could have been really bad. I could have run this man over if I hadn’t have been paying really close attention.”
I hope the guy is ok and to be honest I hadn’t thought about the safety of riding at night. So I was wondering what you guys think. For those that ride – does it feel safe to ride at night?
via google maps
“Dear PoPville,
Just wanted to report an incident of harassment at N and 8th St. NW (8:45pm Wed. night.) My husband and I were on scooters on our way home up 8th when three kids moved into the street and we had to come to a stop to avoid colliding with them. They threatened to take our scooters, and when we refused, one of them started kicking mine over and over. (more…)
Thanks to Rob for sending:
“Saw 4 or 5 pairs of these parked around Dupont this afternoon. Each has a QR code and says they can be unlocked in the Razor App” (more…)
Mackenzie writes:
“Have any other scoot riders in DC noticed that ALL the new Uber/Jump scooters won’t go faster than 9mph?
My cynical mind thinks Uber does this to charge people more since you get charged by the minute.”
Thanks to Jimmy and Nicholas for sending. Nicholas writes:
“So Uber originally had the advantage on Lyft in terms of scooter pricing because Uber didn’t charge $1 to unlock like Lyft and all other scooter companies, until Uber raised their prices. Now Lyft is raising theirs, but will they keep charging $1 to unlock?” (more…)
Thanks to Jeffrey Burka for sending: “In addition to scooter parking spots, we now have these dismount markings at some curb cuts on 13th at and below Mass.”
Photo by Josh Albertson
Thanks to Josh for sending: “New scooter parking on 20th and Q courtesy of DDOT”
hahaha wut??!?? Thanks to Eric for sending:
“Found on a scooter at 9th and P Street NW. Seems legit, no?”
Just when you thought you’d heard it all…thanks to a reader for sending from 14th and R Street, NW, “loud & super annoying.”
Anyone else notice these around town?