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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!

"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"

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So... That was quite a surprise, here's the link to the statistics: Link

188 fatalities out of nearly 24k accidents don't qualify as 'most cases end deadly'. I don't want to speculate as to how someone can misread a statistic that significantly while writing an article for a public service news site. But the damage of such false narratives is considerable.

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[–] windowsphoneguy@feddit.org 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

ZDF is a public service broadcaster, but not a governmental broadcaster.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

As an uneducated Eastern European, what is the difference? Honest question, I come from a political culture where what TASS is doing is normal.

[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I see at least two criteria:

  • financing,
  • board.

According to the Wikipedia article about the ZDF:

  • Financing:

    • financed by a license fee
    • receives income from sponsorships, programming and advertising sales
  • Board:

    • Director general - technically independent
    • Supervising board - includes 5 representatives of the federal states, 1 of the federal republic of Germany
    • Television board - includes 16 representatives of the states of Germany, 2 of the federal republic of Germany, 6 members nominated by the federal states

So, it's dependent on the government. Means politics could have influence on programmes.

[–] Nooodel@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks for the correction, never tried to translate that before. Headline and text edited accordingly

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

So like the BBC?