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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
 

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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:

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[–] 7 points 3 months ago

Ok I just compared it to the cargo bikes that delivery services use here in Germany, from the first look I thought they were about the same size - and they use bike lanes and are allowed to drive in pedestrian zones, etc. However, comparing them side by side I think the amazon vehicle is in fact a lot larger and probably too big to use a bike lane. In that case, it doesn't make a lot of sense, yeah. Not sure though if it's really that unsafe if it can only go 25km/h.

Examples of the German delivery "bikes" here and here.

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