Image description:
Text: Amazon’s electric cargo bikes have arrived in DC.
Image: A four-wheeled vehicle that appears to be a cross between a bicycle, a go-cart, and a mini-truck
Response text from high t alpha shemale @gluetaster: that’s not a cargo bike man that’s a loopholemobile
Edit: I found a slightly higher-quality version of the image:
What’s the advantage of one of these over a truck exactly?
Probably being able to go in bike lanes, shoulders, sidewalks, between cars, and other places where normal vehicles can’t go. Generally this would be more flexible and nimble in last mile delivery.
That just reads to me as “able to weave recklessly around people” because I’ve seen how the bike messengers behave in my city.
They go slower, are less noisy, damage pavement less, the driver can get in and out easier and possibly doesn’t need a licence
They’ve been around in Europe for ages. They’re much more eco friendly. I don’t notice any dislike from the operators, they still come out get out with a smile. And they don’t have to wear helmets.
I know, I delivered mail using a quite large tricycle for a while. These things can’t be that much different
Easier, cheaper and safer for last mile delivery in urban areas.
They are way cheaper I imagine.
In fact, I’d bet that’s how it was made. They have a team design the cheapest possible delivery vehicle with no rules. Then it obviously can’t be road legal, so they get a team of lawers to work on that. Someone realises if they add pedals and call it an Ebike, they get to ignore practically all regulations. So they did.
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