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Posted on 3/13/24 at 11:32 am to Funky Tide 8
Posted on 3/13/24 at 11:32 am to Funky Tide 8
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He is 6'7" and got kicked out of a bar
Luckily all of my friends were assho too, so I never got kicked out alone.
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Posted on 3/13/24 at 12:43 pm to theCAW
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while I agree it’s hard to imagine someone trying to kidnap a guy this big
I was going to make a bad joke about how its basketball related but decided its best not to right now.
This post was edited on 3/13/24 at 12:48 pm
Posted on 3/13/24 at 12:45 pm to mizslu314
Posted on 3/13/24 at 3:08 pm to gladchiefisgone
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Speaking of...A very close friend is dead from one of those Nashville scooters...Him and some buddies had just left the Titans game and were taking scooters to a place to eat....it was dusk dark and he hit a small pothole and he went headfirst over the handlebars....he face planted on the pavement and when they got there to him there was blood coming out of his nose...ears and mouth. He spent 5 days at Vanderbilt hospital in a coma with no signs of life except a heartbeat. They unhooked him and he died pretty quickly afterwards..
The neurologist at Vanderbilt said it was unreal how many were brought to just Vanderbilt who were hurt riding those scooters.
I grew up riding motorcycles, scooters, 4 wheelers etc. One of the first things I did when I was learning was go over the handle bars. I made the mistake of hitting the front brake hard.
Do the Nashville ones not require a helmet?
Posted on 3/13/24 at 3:12 pm to Prof
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Do the Nashville ones not require a helmet?
No. They are rented on demand. No helmet required. Same as most cities.
Posted on 3/13/24 at 3:16 pm to Prof
Nah, you don't have to have any protection on at all. You just walk up to a scooter you find, activate it with your phone, and take off.
If you've lived here when you were in your 20s you more than likely have experienced or heard of someone busting their arse off of a scooter. One of my friends rode one leaving broadway and broke his collarbone while drunk off of his arse.
If you've lived here when you were in your 20s you more than likely have experienced or heard of someone busting their arse off of a scooter. One of my friends rode one leaving broadway and broke his collarbone while drunk off of his arse.
Posted on 3/13/24 at 3:28 pm to ColonelBear
That surprises me because Tennessee has helmet laws. Maybe I'm thinking of a different kind of scooter.
ETA: I am. Those are not scooters to me.
ETA: I am. Those are not scooters to me.
This post was edited on 3/13/24 at 3:29 pm
Posted on 3/13/24 at 3:33 pm to Prof
I was thinking closer to this:
OR this:
Rather than this:
But I'm still kinda surprised that the 'scooters' Nashville rents out don't at least require/come with a bike helmet.
OR this:
Rather than this:
But I'm still kinda surprised that the 'scooters' Nashville rents out don't at least require/come with a bike helmet.
This post was edited on 3/13/24 at 3:35 pm
Posted on 3/13/24 at 3:41 pm to Prof
The ones I see around cities or campuses are typically more like this:
The company literature (and/or app) states "Always wear a helmet," but I'm not sure I've noticed anyone actually doing it.
The company literature (and/or app) states "Always wear a helmet," but I'm not sure I've noticed anyone actually doing it.
Posted on 3/13/24 at 3:45 pm to 1801
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mean water velocity for the Cumberland in Nashville was around 4 ft per second from 3/8 to 3/10
That's less than 3 mph.
4 fps * 60 sec *60 min = 14,400 ft/hr
14,400/5280ft = 2.7 mph
This post was edited on 3/13/24 at 3:49 pm
Posted on 3/13/24 at 3:46 pm to Prof
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But I'm still kinda surprised that the 'scooters' Nashville rents out don't at least require/come with a bike helmet.
I don’t think any state regulates anything under 50cc or 0.75kW as far as helmets and many other rules go.
I’m fairly sure every city except Denver bans them from sidewalks though. Not sure if that is safer or not but a scooter hit a sidewalk guy and killed him in Dallas. Also, Denver has huge sidewalks and deactivates them in the busiest area around the ballpark.
It’d be a simpler story if he was on one of those and you’d have something else to look for.
Posted on 3/13/24 at 3:56 pm to Dallaswho
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Denver deactivates them in the busiest area around the ballpark
Tuscaloosa also does that on game days.
I've tried more than once to hop on one after a day of tailgating, and it's probably for the best that they don't work.
Posted on 3/13/24 at 4:06 pm to Dallaswho
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I don’t think any state regulates anything under 50cc or 0.75kW as far as helmets and many other rules go.
I’m fairly sure every city except Denver bans them from sidewalks though. Not sure if that is safer or not but a scooter hit a sidewalk guy and killed him in Dallas. Also, Denver has huge sidewalks and deactivates them in the busiest area around the ballpark.
It’d be a simpler story if he was on one of those and you’d have something else to look for.
A traditional scooter in TN requires a helmet if ridden on the road but they go a lot faster than the standup scooter/electric skateboard things and are regulated more like a motorcycle bc they have turn signals and are expected to go through regular traffic and have a license plate just like a motorcycle. The standups are mostly electric so maybe that has something to do with it. They're also kinda looked at the same way walking is like a pedestrian help -- I would bet money they fall under whatever regulates electric wheelchairs in the legal sense and no one wants to eff around with that.
Still, they should probably require bicycle helmets for them.
This post was edited on 3/13/24 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 3/13/24 at 7:47 pm to Prof
Helmets are for pussies. Harley, scooter, bicycle. No fricking helmets. I see kids riding a bike with a helmet and it makes me sick.
Posted on 3/13/24 at 7:48 pm to Mizzouligan
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Helmets are for pussies. Harley, scooter, bicycle. No fricking helmets. I see kids riding a bike with a helmet and it makes me sick.
Do you want more LSU Stephens? Because this is how you get more LSU Stephens.
Posted on 3/13/24 at 8:30 pm to Prof
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But I'm still kinda surprised that the 'scooters' Nashville rents out don't at least require/come with a bike helmet.
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Prof
I can tell you have never been anywhere in the last 10 years. Those scooters are everywhere not just Nashville.
Secondly why would a helmet be required when motorcyclists aren't required to wear helmets in some states
Posted on 3/13/24 at 9:16 pm to solus
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I can tell you have never been anywhere in the last 10 years. Those scooters are everywhere not just Nashville.
Or I just think a scooter isn't a skateboard with handlebars. I was legit thinking of actual scooter rentals also found everywhere.
This post was edited on 3/13/24 at 9:17 pm
Posted on 3/13/24 at 9:31 pm to Prof
Any updates? At this point you gotta figure this baw is gone??
Posted on 3/13/24 at 9:47 pm to Funky Tide 8
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Hope he didn't walk down to the river.
I did that after the 2000 music city bowl. What an idiot I was that night
Posted on 3/13/24 at 9:47 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
The "moth effect" is the theory that distracted (esp. drunk) people are attracted to lights. River with reflection of light might cause confusing.
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