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:

  • adarza@piefed.caEnglish
    12·
    2 months ago

    it’s a bicycle helmet. if you were riding around d.c. on any kind of ‘bike’, you’d be the fool to not have one.

    • LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      21·
      2 months ago

      I mean, yes I know. It like, in what world is that a bike? It’s obviously just skirting the laws, and the helmet is a hilarious addition.

      ‘Lookit me! I’m on a bike !’

      Yeah, sure buddy.

          • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            2 months ago

            I mean in other countries they have different laws. Don’t wear them in a rickshaw, but if those existed in NA legally you probably would need to.

            • LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
              3·
              2 months ago

              They have a sorta rickshaw where I am, I don’t remember the pullers nor the riders having helmets. Though, no clue what the laws would be. Even if there are some, they aren’t enforced.

              • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldEnglish
                3·
                2 months ago

                It gets worse, some cities even have specific bylaws too. So going from city to city in my province you could be breaking the law or be perfectly legal.

      • toddestan@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        2 months ago

        I think the pedals are even more hilarious. It’s not like the driver is going to be providing any useful motive power with them, or is going to be able to move that thing with the electronics not operating. At least the helmet has a chance of being useful by preventing the driver’s head from smacking the plexiglass windscreen in an accident.