Amabhuzu okuhambisa phezulu angakhanya.Bekubonakala sengathi sithenjiswe bona ngesinye isikhathi ngeminyaka yawo-1970, futhi ngisalokhu ngiqinisa iminwe yami ngilangazelela.Okwamanje, kuhlale kukhona lokhu.
Izinyawo zami zingamayintshi ambalwa ukusuka phansi, kodwa azinyakazi.Ngintweza ngaphandle kokuzikhandla, ngesivinini esingafika ku-15mph, ephelezelwa umsindo omncane wokuhumming kuphela.Kuyo yonke indawo kimi abantu abangakhanyiselwe basahamba, ngenxa kaPete.Asikho isidingo selayisensi, akukho mshwalense futhi akukho VED.Lesi isikuta sikagesi.
Isikuta sikagesi singenye yezinto - kanye ne-iPad, i-TV esakazwayo nezithombe zocansi ze-inthanethi - engingathanda ukuziqoqa empilweni yami yabantu abadala futhi ngihambe nami ngibuyele eminyakeni yami yobusha.Bengiyibonisa uSir Clive Sinclair, ukuze ngimqinisekise ukuthi umbono wakhe wokuhamba ngogesi kalula emadolobheni uyabonakala, nokuthi uvele wayenza iphutha.
Njengoba kunje, ngithenge eyodwa kweyamashumi amahlanu, unyaka nengxenye edlule, futhi yebo, bengilokhu ngiphula umthetho.Eyami i-Xiaomi Mi Pro 2, engithengiselwe yona ngabakwa-Halfords ngokuqonda okuqinile ukuthi yayisetshenziselwa kuphela umhlaba ophethwe umuntu oyimfihlo, kodwa anginakho lokho futhi ukugibela ngiyehla ngenyuka ekhishini kuyamcasula ngempela u-miss wami.Ngakho kade ngiyisebenzisa emgwaqeni, emigwaqweni yamabhayisikili nasendleleni egandayiwe.Ngizoza ngokuthula.
Kodwa ubungenza, akunjalo?Ngoba kungaphezu kwesengezo sokuhamba, futhi kakhulu, njengoba kaningi kushiwo ngamabhasi amancane asemadolobheni, gxuma, gxuma.Izwa sengathi ishaya uhlelo futhi kunjalo, ngoba iyimoto enamandla ngakho-ke kufanele ibhaliswe.
Kodwa ukuzama ukuphoqelela ukusetshenziswa kwezithuthuthu zikagesi kubonwe njengomzamo oyize: ungase futhi ushaye umthetho ngokumelene nabantu abazama ukusho amagama lapho bebhodla.Ngakho-ke uhulumeni uyaqhubeka.Kuqale ngokuhlolwa kwezikuta eziqashisayo - into ephumelele kakhulu kulokho esingabuyela ekubizeni i-The Continent - futhi kubukeka sengathi maduze sizokwazi ukuba ngabanikazi bazo ngasese, idolobhana le-Olympic elingasasetshenziswa noma cha, futhi kufanele kube njalo.Amaphoyisa kanye nokwenza umthetho ekugcineni kugunyazwe umphakathi, futhi asikwazi ukuvinjelwa ukuhamba.
Kodwa emuva ku-scoot.Inezindlela ezintathu zokugibela - abahamba ngezinyawo, abajwayelekile, ezemidlalo - kanye nebanga lomhlaba wangempela elingamamayela angama-20.Isivinini esiphezulu ngu-15.5mph (lokho okungu-25kmh) futhi kukhona izibani ezakhelwe ngaphakathi, isitendi esiseceleni esihlanzekile sokupaka, uhlelo lokusebenza oluhambisana nalokhu, blah, blah, blah.
Njengoba nje kubhekwa “njengento”, isikuta sikagesi siyamangalisa.Kukhona isibonisi esihle esikhazimulayo, isicuphi sesithupha esilula sokuyenza ihambe futhi ishajwa kabusha kupulaki evamile emahoreni ambalwa (amahora ayisishiyagalombili ukuze ishaje egcwele, kodwa akekho oke akwenze lokho).Kumahhala ukuyisebenzisa futhi ayidingi umzamo, futhi angicabangi ukuthi lokhu kwake kwaba yiqiniso ngaphambilini.
Khona-ke siyahamba: ama-scoots ambalwa ngonyawo lwami lwesokunxele ukuze ngiwuqale ukugingqika (lesi isici sokuphepha — ngeke kuhambe ngenye indlela), bese ngicindezela i-trigger futhi umhlaba ungowami wonke.Okubaluleke kakhulu, akudingekile ukuthi ngihlale ngiphakamisa unyawo ngalunye ngilubeke phambi kolunye ngendlela eyamukelekayo yalokho esikubiza ngokuthi “ukuhamba”;umbono oyisidala ngendlela emangalisayo futhi ongenangqondo.
Kodwa ngalesi sikhathi ngiba nokudideka kancane.Kumnandi, yebo.Kuphole ngendlela yobuhlanya, futhi okwengane ngendlela ejabulisayo.Kuyi-scooter.Kodwa ngelani ngempela?
Ukuzulazula endaweni yokugcina izimpahla noma indawo yomkhumbi omkhulu, noma ukumane uzungeza enye yalezo zindawo zokusebenzela zezinhlayiyana ezingaphansi komhlaba, kungaba kuhle.Ngikukhomba emcabangweni wami wokuguqula i-London Underground nezinye izitimela ezihamba ngaphansi zibe yimigwaqo emikhulu yamabhayisikili.Izithuthuthu zikagesi zingaba zinhle lapho.Kodwa ezansi emgwaqeni nge-Iggy Pop nginokungabaza okuningi.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Dec-10-2022