(July 8, 2019 at 4:52 pm)wyzas Wrote:(July 8, 2019 at 2:39 pm)Jackalope Wrote: We have a Leaf, it's not exacty silent, but I do see the OP's poin. The motor makes a high pitched whine when accelerating, other than that it's just road noise and brake noise. Frankly though, in downtown bicyclists are a bigger problem for pedestrians. In 20 years of working downtown I have literally never seen a bicyclist following the rules of the road, particularly in sidewalks and intersections.
We don't have that many bikes, but this Lime scooters thing (https://www.li.me/about-us) has now taken off here and they are everywhere downtown. Like your bikes these are being ridden like they own the road/sidewalk. It's only a matter of time till there is a significant injury.
We have those as well. First time they did a trial here, I witnessed a dumbass going the wrong way down a one way and plow head on into a car.
Unsurprisingly, people have taken to dumping the things in the river
