Makes me think that electric bikes are a good thing despite the comic being slightly funny
Makes me think also that Ian Hislop needs to find a young editor to replace him, same as the previous one did for him because its too easy to slip over into being an establishment figure which I suspect he is..
How can we make the most common way to move a person - the car - into something lighter, safer, and vastly more energy-efficient?
Makes me think also that Ian Hislop needs to find a young editor to replace him, same as the previous one did for him because its too easy to slip over into being an establishment figure which I suspect he is..
Maybe that is why Andrew Hunter-Murray is doing the podcast thing for them.
How can we make the most common way to move a person - the car - into something lighter, safer, and vastly more energy-efficient?
Think of all the traffic from Deliveroo drivers if leccy bikes hadn't been invented....
Think how much more pleasant life would be if Deliveroo hadn’t been invented.
It's a funny enough, single frame cartoon sketch.
But some will take it literally.
Now lets see a sketch along similar lines for the motor vehicle, which is now often an oversize 4x4 jeep style and weighing multiple tonnes. With cars being used for very short journeys less than five miles.
Having an ebike since Easter has been a game changer for me, allowing me to get to the little South Downs hills and lanes regularly without days/weeks of PEM for the first time in 3+ years, due to long covid.
That's amusing as well as a crap, establishment view of an electric city bike. Do better, PE.
Think how much more pleasant life would be if Deliveroo hadn’t been invented.
Blame too-free market capitalism, Deliveroo shouldn't even be viable. Force companies to pay workers properly and they'd go bust.
When we were at BPW a few years back, parked near the Merthyr McDonalds in the evening and there were about 15 compact hatchbacks lined up outside - I guess that area is too big to be done on ebikes, so they all drive VW Ups and Aygos. Dunno how thats viable.
Now lets see a sketch along similar lines for the motor vehicle,
I don't look at all the cartoons, but PE do carry critical pieces about oversized cars - there was one in the last issue approving of charging by weight IIRC.
On a general note about their content, if you're negative about almost everything then you're bound to be right a lot of the time.
^ True, though I think they're closer to right and onto the right topics than most media. Good satire can be powerful and it's something we need.
I approve of e-bikes whilst simultaneously finding the cartoon amusing.
Think of all the traffic from Deliveroo drivers if leccy bikes hadn't been invented....
I know it is the same in most cities and towns but I was in Aberdeen last weekend and couldn't believe the volume of delivery riders around. Most of them dressed in black, riding totally illegal bikes at 30mph without any lights. I don't know what the solution is. Most of the riders are being exploited and will be earning less than minimum wage, so doesn't seem fair to go after them. Confiscate their bike = no income.
That seems like it could be a pretty London specific moan about the proliferation of Lime bikes, Forest bikes and the others in the capital rather than e-bikes in general.
Is it not poking fun specifically at the Lime bikes that are notorious at hurting people. So much so the is something dubbed 'Lime Bike Leg'.
Apologies for the DM link:
https://www.****/lifestyle/article-14734585/londoners-complain-lime-bike-leg-broken-bones.html
Is the bloke in the cartoon holding a penis in his left hand? Presumably not his given the smile on his face.
And why is there a duck poking its head out of the bag on the bike?
Most of the riders are being exploited and will be earning less than minimum wage, so doesn't seem fair to go after them.
Not the first time I have posited this, and always worth a read when discussing the gig economy.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/How_debt_kills
Now lets see a sketch along similar lines for the motor vehicle, which is now often an oversize 4x4 jeep style and weighing multiple tonnes. With cars being used for very short journeys less than five miles.
