• doingthestuff
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    5 hours ago

    riding a s bicycle or the bus isnt even an option for someone of my social standing that even exists in my area.

    • azertyfun@sh.itjust.works
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      5 hours ago

      If you’re in North America, I’m sorry but that’s just not relevant because North Americans decided the only transportation one is allowed to get is a car and the Ami doesn’t sell there because it’s not a car.

      If you’re in a North-American style suburb elsewhere in the world, then yeah I get it it sucks. But the Ami isn’t even a pragmatic solution there, because such suburbs tend to be surrounded with roads with 70+ kph speed limits which is much faster than the Ami can even go so you won’t be safe there either. If you can’t get a car and can’t ride a bike or use public transit, the only pragmatic solution is to not live in a car-dependent suburban hellscape.

      The Ami is designed for inner city driving where 45 km/h keeps up with the flow of traffic. But where you can comfortably drive an AMI at 45 km/h without holding up traffic, you can also ride a bicycle at 30 km/h, or walk, and there’s probably public transit unless you live in an unusually terrible city (and I say that as someone who lives in a well below-average city).

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        4 hours ago

        I’m on the edge of a reasonably big US city. No bus lines, no sidewalks or bike lanes. Just a ditch on the side with lots of big trucks driving 80-90km/hr on curvy, deadly two-lane roads. It sounds rural but I live on the inside of the city’s “loop” highway.

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          2 hours ago

          Yeah so my point stands, you need a car. Have you seen an Ami in person? It’s a glorified electric scooter. Think of the tiniest car you’ve ever seen in your life and make it 3x smaller. No way I’m driving that on a US road with trucks overtaking me at 90 km/h, and I say that as an habitual cyclist and motorcycle rider.