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This thread is amazing. Surprised to see that people are knee jerking against these with much the same arguments as you get against bikes and increased bike infrastructure.
Loads of European cities have these as hire schemes and they are excellent. They are basically bike equivalents but just with a different appearance. Really fun and easy to ride and a great alternative to polluting hail and ride taxi apps for short journeys.
Having ridden them a few times I agree that they seem dangerous but on reflection I think they are just as inherently dangerous as cycling, just new.
They are the future and there's no reason at all that they can't coexist on the roads along with bikes and have the same status. Calling for them to be licensed and for extensive training before you go near one is equivalent to calling for all bikes to have numberplates.