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Bird CEO on scooter startup copycats, unit economics, safety and seasonality

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Re: Bird CEO on scooter startup copycats, unit economics, safety and seasonality

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For what purpose other than locking kids and poor people out of the world and worsening traffic and health issues. If 2 cyclists crash in to each other they will cause minimal property damage and any medical costs should be covered by the government. There are so many other situations where people can accidentally cause property damage that don't require insurance. Its just the cars have a very high risk of causing h…

> any medical costs should be covered by the government Why? If I get sick, I need to go bankrupt if I don't have an insurance, but if I run a stop sign on a bicycle, government should pay for medical bill? This would make more sense in countries that have universal healthcare. USA isn't one of those.

no, government should pay in both cases as is the norm in most developed countries.

Re: Bird CEO on scooter startup copycats, unit economics, safety and seasonality

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True! Would a license or plate on the bike have changed that?

With license and registration can also come better enforcement of traffic laws, which would help. Anecdotally, I haven't seen anyone on here support car drivers breaking traffic laws (except maybe minor speeding) but on several occasions seen people defending bicyclists breaking traffic laws- trading safe behavior for convenience. Additionally, I imagine it would be easier to get (and require) bicyclists to carry cat…

Good point about insurance.
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