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Pedestrians, E-Scooters Are Clashing In the Struggle For Sidewalk Space (latimes.com)
Slashdot reader mileshigh writes: Activists in California have filed a federal lawsuit alleging that parked scooters littering sidewalks interfere with sidewalk accessibility for people with multiple types of disabilities and violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Many people have been wondering when this would happen since California courts are notoriously friendly to ADA complaints and lawsuits. Realistically, this type of lawsuit may well be the Achilles' heel of scooter-sharing services, especially if they're granted class-action status as this lawsuit is requesting. Will likely be the first of many. "Without full use of the sidewalk and curb ramps at street intersections, persons with mobility and/or visual impairments have significant barriers in crossing from a pedestrian walkway to a street," the suit alleges. "This is exacerbated when the sidewalk itself is full of obstructions and no longer able to be fully and freely used by people with disabilities."
The suit accuses the city of not maintaining streets and sidewalks in a way that doesn't discriminate against the disabled and allowing "dockless scooters used primarily for recreational purposes to proliferate unchecked throughout San Diego and to block safe and equal access for people with disabilities." The lawsuit also alleges the scooter companies have been allowed to "appropriate the public commons for their own profit."
The suit accuses the city of not maintaining streets and sidewalks in a way that doesn't discriminate against the disabled and allowing "dockless scooters used primarily for recreational purposes to proliferate unchecked throughout San Diego and to block safe and equal access for people with disabilities." The lawsuit also alleges the scooter companies have been allowed to "appropriate the public commons for their own profit."
And no true Scotsman puts sugar in his porridge either.
In a word: Bullshit.
According to wikipedia, you people had a field of 17 major candidates in your primaries. As awful as many of them were, literally any one of them would have been a better choice. And some, like George Pataki and John Kasich, would actually have done a pretty good job as POTUS, and been fairly palatable. And I say the last as a fairly liberal democrat who voted for Sanders in my state's primary and only reluctantly pivoted to Clinton once it was clear that Sanders was not going to get the votes for the nomination.
Did you select any of the reasonable candidates? Did you give one of the unknowns like Jindal or Gilmore a chance? Did you even go for one of the harmless bumblers like Carson or Jeb? No. You people chose the most despicable shitstain of the whole lineup to represent you. And you can't claim ignorance or bait-and-switch. 45 was completely open... vainglorious even... the entire campaign about just how loathsome he is. And he's been just as open and just as loathsome since LONG before the 2016 primaries began.
No. Trump is YOUR man. YOU choose him. YOU own him. Don't think for a second otherwise. Because the rest of us will not forget.
Imagine all the people...