Segway type electric skateboard/scooters

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I seen someone use them, or seen a few used here.

I found out from a friend as well as online that they’re not really allowed basically anywhere at all. They can’t be on the sidewalk because it’s a motor vehicle, they can’t be on the road because it doesn’t have a license plate (those smaller electric scooters have license plates that says “electric scooter” on them.

Basically it’s a great tool to get from MRT stations to my home, but if I’m going to get tickets just for using them, they’re pointless.

Anyone use them?

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You can’t afford one.

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They’re only 20,000nt. Not cheap, but I could certainly do a bnpl plan on them and can afford it over time.

What I can’t afford is the tickets.

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So you can’t afford one. :point_up:

They’re an accident waiting to happen. Use the bike.

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So how are they dangerous compared to bicycles? So they’re not street/sidewalk legal for a good reason?

I can’t bike uphill.

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Skinny legs? Fear of heights? :thinking:

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Takes a lot more effort to bike uphill.

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Thank you for not capitalising every word in the thread title.

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Then get off the bike and walk. In the UK I cycle to my farm and back (about 3-4km). Some of it is “uphill”, which becomes “downhill” in the other direction, so still worth cycling. Takes about 40 minutes to walk, or 15 minutes walking-plus-cycling in a leisurely fashion. Think of it as free exercise.

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What I don’t get is why such a judgmental attitude? Is that what you think of me, a lazy slob?

But no one answered the question, what’s the legality of such vehicles? The impression I get is use it illegally and pay the fine or hope no officers sees me?

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You have a habit of starting threads about things that you can’t do, and going off on bizarre explanations as to why you can’t do them.

They are illegal in (most) public spaces. That’s why you never see anybody using them.

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Because all you do is complain. Or ask for advice and then ignore it (or make excuses about why you can’t follow it).

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So bullying is how you’re decided to respond?

And I wasn’t asking for advise here, just what the legal status of these things are.

I see I’m not welcome here.

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Nobody is bullying you. You need to get over your persecution complex.

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You’re gaslighting.

Bullies say they’re not bullying you while beating you up.

I got posts flagged and deleted seemingly arbitrarily.

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Just because you’re whining doesn’t mean you’re being bullied. Unless giving constructive advice can be considered bullying.

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Where have I asked for advise? I’m simply asking questions about segways. Then someone came and started suggesting I’m lazy.

It’s exactly as I see it. That you question what I see is gaslighting.

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All I suggested is that you could kill two birds with one stone (exercise + transport to the MRT) without spending NT$20K, and that pushing your bike uphill doesn’t represent an insurmountable obstacle. This isn’t suggesting you’re lazy - it’s just pointing out something so obvious that, yes, people will get a bit frustrated with you if you argue that no, it’s all too difficult, and the only solution is to spend the NT$20K on something that’s illegal, so you can’t do that either, ergo everyone is out to get you.

Honestly, TL, people don’t hate you. They’re genuinely trying to help you. But you’re just your own worst enemy when it comes to conversations like this. You’re literally that meme where someone shoves a stick in his bicycle wheel and then blames the world-at-large.

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All gaslighting aside, you can clear it up. Do you believe it to be true or not?

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8 Days as a proud owner. Haven’t got a fine yet, I drive it like a bicycle (bike lanes, use pedestrian crossings, avoid main roads where possible).

Was next to a police car today and didn’t get any flack. Weekend I was out in Fulong zipping up and down the pedestrian lane (respectfully, very demure) and no one seemed to mind