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These Thoughts Just Popped into My Mind, Self-Driving Cycling & Motorized Cycling… (piefed.social)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by GreatWhite_Shark_EarthAndBeingsRightsPerson@piefed.social to c/bicycling@lemmy.world
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The people doing all the beginning research & work from decades ago should have skipped automobiles-motorcycles & such, as they should phased-out or at worse- replaced with 1 per 10,000 of people or more with: solar panels on bodies, flying & self-driving versions of automobiles, with storage & room for many people. Gone right to our species (the normally used term is sexist) powered cycles, more or less than just two-wheels.

What you think?

I dislike the laziness & getting in the way & on non-motored pedestrians ways of motorized cycles, scooters & Etc..

With the above in consideration, do you consider:

Motorized cycles, scooters & Etc. actually cycles, scooters & Etc. or just different type of automobiles? After all they did exist extremely early on, before motorcycles,

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Self-driving cycles, scooters & Etc. actually cycles, scooters & Etc. or not?
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If not, then what do you consider them?

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[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"human-powered" is sexist? or "manually-powered"? or "pedal-powered"?

I'm seeing "anthrodyne" and "acoustic bicycle" more recently, too.

Anyway, that aside, more than half of steering a bicycle is balance. How / why / what benefit from trying to automate that?

[–] GreatWhite_Shark_EarthAndBeingsRightsPerson@piefed.social -3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Human is obviously sexist, I have yet to think about manually, in that way, have to break it down.
How could petal be sexist?

I’m seeing “anthrodyne” and “acoustic bicycle” more recently, too.

I do not what those two are, will have to duckduckgo them.

species (the normally used term is sexist) powered cycles, more or less than just two-wheels.

3 (I have seen many of them) or more (4-wheels I seen only once) wheels cycles are natural structural balanced, so not a issue for them. The same benefit as in the automobiles.

It would be better in my opinion to focus on cycles for the future, then to focus on environmentally more costly automobiles. What do you think?

What about the other questions?

Motorized cycles, scooters & Etc. actually cycles, scooters & Etc. or just different type of automobiles?

If there were existing (heck maybe they are, I just do not know it), Self-driving cycles, scooters & Etc. actually cycles, scooters & Etc. or not?