Prague will ban electric scooter rentals from January 2026, with the Czech capital’s deputy mayor criticizing the tourist-friendly transport option for causing chaos on sidewalks.
They don’t need to be tossed on the ground to cause chaos, and if you’re abled bodied you might not have noticed the inconvenience because you can easily manoeuvre around them. As a wheelchair user, they are a bane on my existence. I’ve taken to just pushing them out of the way, often into the street. Maybe I should get a cowcatcher for my chair.
I swear it’s just attentional bias for most people. You are so used to other things and uniterested in “well-behaved” scooters, that you think there is chaos.
I’ve been to cities that use e-scooters and I’ve never seen “chaos”. In fact, I saw very few “tossed” on the ground.
They don’t need to be tossed on the ground to cause chaos, and if you’re abled bodied you might not have noticed the inconvenience because you can easily manoeuvre around them. As a wheelchair user, they are a bane on my existence. I’ve taken to just pushing them out of the way, often into the street. Maybe I should get a cowcatcher for my chair.
If I may make a suggestion…
I swear it’s just attentional bias for most people. You are so used to other things and uniterested in “well-behaved” scooters, that you think there is chaos.