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<div>From: "David Woolley" <<a href="mailto:forums@david-woolley.me.uk">forums@david-woolley.me.uk</a>></div>
<div>To: <a href="mailto:talk-gb@openstreetmap.org">talk-gb@openstreetmap.org</a></div>
<div>Sent: 13/09/2021 14:15:23</div>
<div>Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Electric kick scooters- Was: External data on bike rental locations</div><div><br /></div>
<div id="x23a712cc420c461" class="plain"><blockquote cite="d5ba209f-1a41-15ca-5932-80fed5bf5358@david-woolley.me.uk" type="cite" class="cite2">
<div class="plain_line">On 13/09/2021 13:12, David Groom wrote:</div>
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<div class="plain_line">electric kick scooter</div>
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<div class="plain_line">I'm not sure that I like the term "kick" here. The problem with "kick" is that most of these are not really suitable to be used in kick mode, as the platform is too high and motors are often not designed to be turned unpowered. Whilst it is possible that the term will become common use, at the moment things don't seem to be going that way, with e-scooter, stressing the electric aspect, seeming to be the preferred marketing term.</div></blockquote><span><div id="x23a712cc420c461" class="plain"><span>Noted, though even the main Wikipedia article (</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kick_scooter" style="font-size: 12pt;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kick_scooter</a><span>) is contradictory, in its first line saying "A kick scooter (also referred to as a push-scooter or scooter) is a human-powered ....." and then later in the article having a section for "electric kick scooters"! </span></div></span><blockquote cite="d5ba209f-1a41-15ca-5932-80fed5bf5358@david-woolley.me.uk" type="cite" class="cite2"><div class="plain_line"> </div>
<div class="plain_line">I think I have also seen the term "stand up scooter" used to distinguish them from traditional motor scooters, which are sit on ones.</div>
<div class="plain_line"> </div></blockquote><span><div id="x23a712cc420c461" class="plain"><span>Noted</span></div><div id="x23a712cc420c461" class="plain"><span><br /></span></div><div id="x23a712cc420c461" class="plain"><span><br /></span></div><br /></span><blockquote cite="d5ba209f-1a41-15ca-5932-80fed5bf5358@david-woolley.me.uk" type="cite" class="cite2"><div class="plain_line"><br /></div>
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