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Opinion on E-Scooters in Singapore

Post by darrencyx » Mon, 03 Nov 2014 12:01 am

Hey guys, thinking of getting an electric scooter to commute from my home to workplace.. any opinion on this?

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Re: Opinion on E-Scooters in Singapore

Post by nakatago » Mon, 03 Nov 2014 5:46 am

"A quokka is what would happen if there was an anime about kangaroos."

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Post by ecureilx » Mon, 03 Nov 2014 7:38 am

darrencyx wrote:Hey guys, thinking of getting an electric scooter to commute from my home to workplace.. any opinion on this?
as long as you don't plan to ride on the road, barge into pedestrians, or demand right of way, you should be good

the number of accidents involving e-scooters are increasing, and it is a matter of time before there is a clamp down on the 'pimped' up E-Scooters

PS, today morning two funny incidents.

At a traffic light a lady came dashing in a normal kick scooter and forgot how to brake. Straight into the bit of greenery at the end, collected herself, gave a silly blush and off she went

And a little later, a guy on a Uni-Wheel, nearly came to cropper when a passenger alighting from a bus dashed across his path !!

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Re: Opinion on E-Scooters in Singapore

Post by darrencyx » Tue, 04 Nov 2014 9:55 pm

any recommendations on which scooter is good?

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Post by darrencyx » Thu, 06 Nov 2014 12:17 pm

Anyone?

i'm now considering between the lightweight 10.7kg model or the established brand Myway.

any recommendations?

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Post by ecureilx » Thu, 06 Nov 2014 1:26 pm

darrencyx wrote:Anyone?

i'm now considering between the lightweight 10.7kg model or the established brand Myway.

any recommendations?
did you read up the linked thread ?? :(

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Post by sundaymorningstaple » Thu, 06 Nov 2014 2:50 pm

Why bother to do something like that. He's going to give us his recommendations for the shop he works for and tell us why that bike is the better choice. tic...toc...tic....toc.... I'm just waitin'!
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Post by richardson121 » Sat, 14 Oct 2017 3:29 pm

thanks guys for your kind information. Its informative.
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Re: Opinion on E-Scooters in Singapore

Post by jagermeister » Wed, 01 Nov 2017 6:35 pm

Goodness me stop putting other lives in danger by riding all these new crap. TAKE THE DAMN PUBLIC TRANSPORT.
thanks wind, you totally raped my hair

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Re: Opinion on E-Scooters in Singapore

Post by MotoristMel » Thu, 30 Nov 2017 5:23 pm

If you’re able to commute from your home to workplace, i suppose the distance isn’t that far. Personally, I would discourage the usage of e-scooter, especially since there’s been countless number of accidents involving e-scooter riders, and what’s worse is that some of them are fatal accidents. Speaking of which, just this morning, there’s one accident involving a double decker bus and an e-scooter. Here you go!

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Post by sundaymorningstaple » Thu, 30 Nov 2017 8:10 pm

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Re: Opinion on E-Scooters in Singapore

Post by nextlife01 » Fri, 29 Nov 2019 3:40 pm

Mixed reactions from online users over the ban of e-scooters from footpaths in Singapore

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Re: Opinion on E-Scooters in Singapore

Post by sundaymorningstaple » Fri, 29 Nov 2019 5:22 pm

The only placed there are mixed reactions is from the PMD riders. Everybody else is glad to see the last of them on the "foot"paths.
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