E-Death

This topic is a big deal in Las Vegas. It seems a young person, anyone from a child to young adult, is getting killed almost every day. The cause? An e-bike or an e-scooter.

It’s gotten to the point where I don’t even have to read the articles anymore. I see “e-bike” and already know what’s coming next.

If I turn on the news, it’s the same thing. Only the news will go out and talk to an officer. They will then explain the importance of safety.

Safety?

How do you talk to someone who refuses to listen?

Unfortunately, we live in a time where everyone can be seen, and everyone wants to. Everything is me, me, me. The world revolves around me and no one else.

I’ve seen multiple kids on e-bikes and e-scooters ignore traffic and dart across streets without any regard for their own safety.

When I was a kid, I had a ten-speed bicycle and one time I sped across my residential street and almost got hit by a car. That scared me enough to slow down and look both ways from that point on.

While it’s easy for me to think ‘these kids need to get hit so they learn their lesson,’ the truth is I can’t because they have motors. All I had to propel myself were my legs.

Should we make kids go to driver’s ed? Take a test? Get a license?

It’s easy to say yes, but everything is always easier said than done.

Tons of people that pass their driver’s test don’t drive the same way after their picture is taken. Myself included.

Every Gen-X’er will tell you they did stupid shit as a kid, and a teenager, and a young adult. We were lucky though because whether we were alone, or with our friends, when we learned a lesson, we were able to walk away from it.

Today, everything is automated to “make life easier.”

That’s true. Today, you don’t need to learn.

You live or you die.