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Before anyone says something about scooters being dangerous...
By Matt
Sat, 09/28/2019 - 8:00pm
Before anyone says something about scooters being dangerous, I'm pretty sure it's giant 4000lb SUVs that cause life-threatening injuries. Cars are extremely heavy and fast and thus dangerous; we need to reevaluate they way they have free reign in our cities.
Focus
By ElizaLeila
Sun, 09/29/2019 - 9:36am
Let's read better and notice the running the red light aspect pre-crash.
People make mistakes.
By Matt
Sun, 09/29/2019 - 10:58am
People make mistakes. Mistakes shouldn't be deadly. Cars make them deadly.
Running a red light...
By Don't Panic
Mon, 09/30/2019 - 3:04am
is not a mistake, It's a choice. The scooter caused the crash not the SUV.
I agree
By ElizaLeila
Mon, 09/30/2019 - 10:02am
Mistakes should not be deadly. But I would argue that operating a vehicle on city streets presupposes the operator would like to live so they can get to where they're going. I would also argue that driving and riding around this city around 3 or 3:30 am is an easier effort to avoid such interactions because there are less distractions. Who knows what happened here. Perhaps we will get an update.
The scooter crashed into the SUV
By lbb
Mon, 09/30/2019 - 10:14am
According to the linked article, the scooter crashed into the SUV. The "car" in this case no more made this mistake deadly than a wall would have.
Photo
By ElizaLeila
Mon, 09/30/2019 - 11:46am
One of the linked articles/sites shows the car/SUV has damage to the front windshield, front passenger-side quarter panel, and front bumper, passenger side. I wonder how fast each of the vehicles were going. The scooter is in many pieces in those same photos. That had to hurt, a. lot.
They ran a red light!!!!!
By redbaron
Mon, 09/30/2019 - 7:12am
Enough with this bike crap. They never ever stop at red lights. Running Lights and stop signs, no helmets, riding into the traffic.
Hon...
By lbb
Mon, 09/30/2019 - 10:14am
...it was a scooter. Not a bike.
Do you need someone to explain the difference to you?
Sir this is a Wendy's
By spin_o_rama
Mon, 09/30/2019 - 10:16am
Now the second article about a car crash (not involving bikes) where you decided to conjure up bikes.
Was this one of the Lime or Bird scooters
By Ron Newman
Mon, 09/30/2019 - 7:55am
from nearby Brookline?
WBZ link
By ElizaLeila
Mon, 09/30/2019 - 9:58am
I didn't click on the video, but the still indicates no.
Speaking from experience, I
By Muerl
Mon, 09/30/2019 - 11:24am
Speaking from experience, I drove a Bird and it stopped being an electric scooter and became a very heavy dumb scooter as soon as I crossed over the brookline/brighton border.
I don't know if this is true for all of them, but in my case it was.
I assume this always why I seem to see them right here every day:
https://goo.gl/maps/YhkAj3CaB996sqwX8