NORMALLY I’d be asking, ‘what about the hinterland?’ when the council roles out yet another initiative for the Sunshine Coast that only benefits coastal limpets.
But not getting any of the 400 e-scooters that are being scattered like confetti along Maroochydore and Mooloolaba is a true blessing.
They are a blight on society.
For those riders that successfully navigate themselves to their destination without falling off and ending up in a ramped ambulance at SCUH, they will inevitably park their scooter width ways across a footpath, in the pitch black dead of night, until some innocent victim wanders along and trips over it themselves.
Fact.
Nobody has yet learned how to park scooters in a safe and responsible way and they’re typically either inconveniencing the public or have been tipped over and are an eyesore anyway. Plus they’re expensive to use.
Other than that, they’re great innovations. Just walk people.
Commonsense? Google it
Speaking of the application of commonsense, I took the train to Nambour the other day, which in one sense reminded me of my old zoo days.
But I had to laugh when a recorded message in the carriage urged people not to put their feet on seats and for other etiquette tips go to visit their website.
I imagine the tidalwave of traffic to TransInfo almost crashed the website.
Better would be for the recorded voice to be telling us that “for other etiquette tips, use your commonsense!’.