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flvegan

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5. "Do your mother a favor and wear a helmet."
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 12:06 PM
Thursday

Best advice I've ever given.

Where I am, far too many e-bikes/scooters are utilized with reckless abandon. Red light? Fuck you. Stop sign? Not for me. Wrong way in the bike lane? Don't @ me, bro! What do you mean we shouldn't ride in big groups down both lanes of a city street? That's my freedom, boomer. I'm calling my mom!

Now, give these things more power, let them go 30 mph piloted by someone who has been trained since diapers to be distracted by their phone. No training, no lights/visibility, no insurance, no safety gear. And when your tragically entitled crotch goblin crashes into my car at their own fault, and then takes off, I'm on the hook to pay to fix it.

Morgan & Morgan, et al salivates at this sort of shit.

None of this excuses the maniacs who are equally entitled/distracted/stupid idiots piloting tons of aluminum and steel not watching out for pedestrians/bikes/scooters/wheelchairs/etc. They are by far even worse.

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