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micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles, heelies, or an office chair: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!

"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"

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Changes to the laws around the use of electric scooters, including the introduction of a minimum age limit, will come into force next Tuesday, 17 June.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (9 children)

The law reform also allows police to fine a person operating any form of transport, including a bicycle, if they are found to be intoxicated and likely to present a danger to others.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I've heard of people getting DUIs and speeding tickets on bicycles before.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

In California, our speeding laws apply equally to all forms of transport, but quite frankly, a speeding ticket on an acoustic bicycle would likely be worn as a badge of honor lol

For DUI though, California distinguishes motor vehicle DUI from "BUI", a bicycle misdemeanor with a max fine of $250 and no jail time. They do this in recognition that no drunk bicyclist could ever instigate the carnage and death that a motor vehicle can.

It's unclear to me (for lack of looking it up) whether drunk e-scooter riding would also fall under the BUI law or if it would be under the catch-all dangerous driving offense. But in no circumstances could it be DUI, which is for motor vehicles only.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Technically it's a CUI: Cycling Under Influence. BUI is used for boating.

Interesting question regarding scooters though. VC 21200.5 says "bicycle" but I'm not a lawyer. I'm sure a cop with a vendetta would cite things like missing reflectors rather than understand legal nuances.

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