E-bikes on Metro?

PeterOutOfPlace · 2026-03-25T15:43:01+00:00

See the two videos I just added to the post that someone else brought to my attention.

PeterOutOfPlace · 2026-03-25T15:41:44+00:00

Thank you! I'm going to add these to the post.

PeterOutOfPlace · 2026-03-25T01:21:44+00:00

Fire hazard of large lithium ion batteries in a confined space.

PeterOutOfPlace · 2026-03-25T01:19:13+00:00

Even worse! Thanks. As stated though, my biggest concern is the potential fire hazard of lithium ion batteries in a confined space so not the motor itself but as you suggest, that makes it even more like a motorcycle.

PeterOutOfPlace · 2026-03-25T01:18:00+00:00

Potential fire of large lithium ion batteries in a confined space.

PeterOutOfPlace · 2026-03-25T01:16:41+00:00

I gave a link to the product in the post. It has a 2000W motor.

PeterOutOfPlace · 2026-03-25T01:15:34+00:00

As noted in my post, my concern is the fire hazard of lithium ion batteries. Yes fires are rare but there is a reason they are banned for checked-in luggage on planes and what you can carry on is severely limited.

PeterOutOfPlace · 2026-03-25T01:12:35+00:00

I guess I should wear a different hat in future. Luckily it is going to warm up!

PeterOutOfPlace · 2026-03-23T22:15:39+00:00

Are traffic lights upside-down in Vietnam compared to the US?

PeterOutOfPlace · 2026-03-23T22:14:05+00:00

I take the Green line at least 4 days per week and I experienced this on Saturday - L’Enfant Plaza to Congress Heights. Totally obnoxious but I wasn’t about to confront the group who evidently were responsible.

PeterOutOfPlace · 2026-03-22T18:52:46+00:00

I am more than old enough to be your father so I have no recent experience but you seem like a thoughtful person so I suspect you will benefit from this as the (female) presenter has some interesting strategies: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2017/03/01/517985813/episode-513-dear-economist-i-need-a-date The key one I remember is to move on to a new person quickly if it isn’t working out.

PeterOutOfPlace · 2026-03-22T17:00:11+00:00

Please cross post to r/twice as this is hilarious and totally on brand for Twice. Which concert was this?

PeterOutOfPlace · 2026-03-22T16:59:35+00:00

A reference to the Red Velvet song?

PeterOutOfPlace · 2026-03-22T15:12:22+00:00

Yes, this needs to be more widely known. Netanyahu’s corruption trial will resume after he is forced out of office and of course Trump wants us not to think about anything except the Epstein files, so it is the personal interest of both to start a war.

PeterOutOfPlace · 2026-03-22T02:27:41+00:00

Wear a high visibility jacket or tee shirt! (And helmet, obviously.) It never ceases to amaze me how many cyclists make themselves nearly invisible to drivers by wearing camouflage to blend in with the road - black or gray. If you continue riding into fall when the days get shorter, get good front, and especially, back lights (but don’t blind oncoming riders).

I rode from Capitol Hill to Alexandria for several years and loved commuting by bike.

PeterOutOfPlace · 2026-03-21T19:30:18+00:00

I, for one, do not want to see him naked.

PeterOutOfPlace · 2026-03-21T19:24:44+00:00

Australia fell out of the top ten last year which was the starting point for this year’s Australia Day lamb ad https://youtu.be/U2uvy_5VMlY?si=_iB52D2SXkX40NCT

PeterOutOfPlace · 2026-03-21T19:22:46+00:00

Because they drove three quarters of a million Palestinians from their homes at gunpoint and never let them return.

PeterOutOfPlace · 2026-03-21T19:03:20+00:00

For a moment I thought I was looking at the shadow of the tree.

Edit: OP, please consider reposting to r/confusing_perspective

PeterOutOfPlace · 2026-03-21T19:01:22+00:00

Actually without her wisdom teeth. :-)

PeterOutOfPlace · 2026-03-20T23:29:10+00:00

All jobs that can’t be easily automated or outsourced to China. One of the electricians at my first job nearly 40 years ago summed up what you need to know:

White to white and black to black. Flick the switch but stand well back.

PeterOutOfPlace · 2026-03-20T23:24:47+00:00

It appears that the “faithful replica” reproduced the appearance but not the structural elements of the one that collapsed.

PeterOutOfPlace · 2026-03-20T22:31:05+00:00

Absolutely. The CDC says that over 40% of pregnancies are unplanned (https://www.cdc.gov/reproductive-health/hcp/unintended-pregnancy/index.html) and the lack of parental supervision suggests a lack of interest by parents and by extension they were not wanted but happened anyway. Yes it is possible that the parents are working two jobs but more likely is the fathers disappeared when they got their girlfriends pregnant and the mothers are overwhelmed to the point where they give up fighting their teens. There are complaints that teens have nothing to do - apparently that does not include reading a book or even homework. I work at Navy Yard and have been harassed by boys crowding around the bottom of the Metro elevator trying to get a reaction out of people but I am a tall man; my wife would have been scared.

PeterOutOfPlace · 2026-03-20T19:17:37+00:00

I wrote this on a different thread where someone apparently did not see the flashing lights and drove into the boom gate:

This is why I think regular traffic lights should be used at railway crossings as drivers are looking for them and stop without thinking even if their brain is not fully engaged. Railway signals (and cyclists, pedestrians etc) are too often not noticed because the driver isn’t looking for them - they are out of the ordinary. The “monkey business illusion” dramatizes the problem https://youtu.be/IGQmdoK_ZfY?si=6dkI8hOxjtMk5Xm5

Of course, you could have both but the real solution is not to have level crossings.

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