Image description:

Text: Amazon’s electric cargo bikes have arrived in DC.

Image: A four-wheeled vehicle that appears to be a cross between a bicycle, a go-cart, and a mini-truck

Response text from high t alpha shemale @gluetaster: that’s not a cargo bike man that’s a loopholemobile

Edit: I found a slightly higher-quality version of the image:

  • CaptPretentious@lemmy.worldEnglish
    83·
    16 days ago

    The mistake is looking at this through the eyes of not being American, not having to work for Amazon, and a postal service vs whatever Amazon deliveries is.

    This is Amazon, looking for loopholes to use cheaper vehicles. That’s it. Minimum, if any, safety for the driver while they’re going around major roadways with vehicles that outweigh that thing.

    So to recalibrate… think of the most evil person you can. Cool, now double it. That’s Amazon as a company. They can and will do anything they can legally get away with or if profits outweigh the fine(s).

    • Ooops@feddit.orgEnglish
      12·
      16 days ago

      Still doesn’t make these vehicles a problem per se. And it definitely isn’t a problem that should be addressed specifically. Instead tune the laws and regulations for e-(cargo-)bikes accordingly to benefit all ebikes and other future ideas to exploit loopholes.