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Calvin (from Calvin & Hobbes) sitting at a lemonade stand, smiling, with a sign that reads, “Trains and micromobility are inevitably the future of urban transportation, whether society wants it or not. CHANGE MY MIND.”

  • Novman
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    1 year ago

    In Europe ( i mean Paris, France and Italy ) public authority had pushed hard on micromobility, but now they are, in reality banning it cause safety problems.

    • orrk@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      you spelled “Karen complaining” wrong, the bans of e-scooters were basically just aimed at appeasing the 50+ demographic

      • triplenadir@lemmygrad.ml
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        1 year ago

        the main reason driverless cars haven’t taken off in Europe is that European road safety regulators require strong evidence that a technology is safe before it is used on roads, as opposed to the US, where new technology is largely allowed on roads by default until it kills enough people.

      • schroedingershat@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        GDPR doesn’t prevent you making a recording as a private citizen of a public space on a local device in the car with a 1 week rolling buffer.

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        1 year ago

        Regulating in a manner to ban them. Driverless cars are not technologically ready right now. GDPR, is the bare minimum privacy protection, as a lot o citizens required.