Popular among teenagers, the large electric bikes have triggered ‘numerous complaints’ to councils as fears grow for the safety of riders and pedestrians

Popular among teenagers, the large electric bikes have triggered ‘numerous complaints’ to councils as fears grow for the safety of riders and pedestrians

  • captainlezbian@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    6 months ago

    I love being able to report badly parked scooters. In my city it’s unfortunate that it’s the scooter companies that park them badly like putting them in the bike rack outside a bike shop

    • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      putting them in the bike rack outside a bike shop

      I hate it when they do this, happens all the time in my city after big events.

      PSA: If you rent a bike or scooter, don’t put it in the bike rack. The rack is for people who need to lock their bike up. You can leave your rental scooters or bike next to the bike rack, in another out of the way place, or best of all in a rental dock so it can recharge, but there’s no reason to use the rack if it’s not your bike and you don’t need to lock it up.

    • MentalEdgeEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      Oof. Yeah that wouldn’t fly here. Pretty sure they can only deploy them at spots decided by the city.

      I think all the models here now have field-swappable batteries, so they only get taken in for maintenance. Still I’ve only ever seen recently deployed neat lines of them in designated scooter parking areas.