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ed they would block our sidewalks. The accident figures would rise, warned the politicians, and collecting the scooters in the evening would create a new army of underpaid temporary workers.</p><p id="44d4">I rented an e-scooter right after these new vehicles became available in my city. I was curious and wanted to make my own picture.</p><p id="065b">You can read how I did on my test drive in my article My first ride with an E-Scooter — in the streets of Hamburg.</p><div id="e71b" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/my-first-ride-with-an-e-scooter-in-the-streets-of-hamburg-146082a716ec"> <div> <div> <h2>My first ride with an E-Scooter — in the str

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eets of Hamburg</h2> <div><h3>This morning I saw out of my bedroom window that several e-scooters were parked right in front of our front door. So I…</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*BB4AfsdHVH_fEgtk)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="2572"><a href="https://readmedium.com/d855be749e6c?source=post_page-----834577ca2b4a----------------------"><b><i>René Junge</i></b></a><b><i> a published author writing on <a href="https://medium.com/illumination">ILLUMINATION</a>.</i></b></p></article></body>

Driving An E-scooter

Remember how it was when all of a sudden, those e-scooters appeared everywhere? I was skeptical, but I tried one.

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

Can e-scooters help solve the traffic problems in our cities? Are these devices even safe? And what about the prices?

Many people hated these things from day one and feared they would block our sidewalks. The accident figures would rise, warned the politicians, and collecting the scooters in the evening would create a new army of underpaid temporary workers.

I rented an e-scooter right after these new vehicles became available in my city. I was curious and wanted to make my own picture.

You can read how I did on my test drive in my article My first ride with an E-Scooter — in the streets of Hamburg.

René Junge a published author writing on ILLUMINATION.

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