[Ohio-Talk] Question about dockless scooters

[Barbara Pierce]

These are scooters for use by the general public. You jump on the scooter, having logged in on your phone to pay for the service, and you ride it anywhere in the city that you want. You drop it wherever you find convenient, usually in the middle of things, and walk away. I think every city says that they should not be driven on sidewalks, but at the edge of the traffic areas. If there is a bicycle lane, there is where they belong. But usually there is not such a lane, and strangely enough the riders would rather fight with pedestrians than cars, so they ride on sidewalks. 

Thanks for the feedback,
Barbara
Barbara Pierce, President Emerita
National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
Barbara.pierce9366 at gmail.com
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> On Oct 15, 2019, at 8:27 PM, Cheryl Fischer via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Are these used by delivery people?
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Shawn Martin via Ohio-Talk
> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 6:39 PM
> To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Shawn Martin <smartin494 at roadrunner.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-Talk] Question about dockless scooters
> 
> Hi Barbara,
> 
> I believe there is a need for a state resolution.
> I have encountered these scooters on my to work at the Federal Building.  On one occasion I bumped one with my hand it rolled a little ways and then toppled to the ground.  Luckily two people were there and I asked  them which company that scooter belonged to.  If there weren’t people there I wouldn’t have been able to find out who owned the scooter.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Oct 15, 2019, at 3:13 PM, Barbara Pierce via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> This is a question for those of you who are living in Ohio’s larger cities. Last summer the NFB passed a resolution about the problem of dockless scooters that get dropped on sidewalks and cause problems for blind walkers. We can’t read the contact information for reporting problems, and they are being driven on sidewalks. We are contemplating developing a resolution for chapters to take to their city councils about this problem to try to find local solutions to the problems that are popping up. My question is whether you are having trouble with these scooters. Do you have comments that you would like us to know about in shaping a resolution about this problem? Are chapters interested in having such a resolution to take to city council? How big a problem are these scooters in Ohio. Anything you can tell me about such problems would help us. The scooters are not in Oberlin, so I have no experience of them.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Barbara
>> Barbara Pierce, President Emerita
>> National Federation of the Blind of Ohio Barbara.pierce9366 at gmail.com
>> 440-774-8077
>> 
>> 
>> The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise expectations for blind people because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and their dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.
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