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‘I want them all crushed’: the council poised to ban ‘dangerous’ Lime bikes (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

But most people aren't littering the bikes. What you get is a bunch of people attempting to hack the bikes and they leave them anywhere, along with drunk and disorderly people that kick them over. Why are you punishing all the people that leave them properly parked?

It reminds me of how taxi drivers kept objecting to Uber.

Yes, we need more parking bays and that's on local councils to provide, but leaving them anywhere helps everyone. I've never seen a Santander bay South of the river for example.

Punish the bad actors. London has more CCTV than any other city in the world. Put it to good use.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    but leaving them anywhere helps everyone

    Leaving them anywhere is the whole problem. My neighbour is in his 70s and uses a mobility scooter. I see parents having to detour their pushchairs onto the road to get around them. People are literally leaving these bikes lying horizontal across the pavement!

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    That's clearly not what I'm talking about. I'm referring to the ability to leave them parked on any road. You're once again conflating that with bad actors.

    When you get off of a Lime Bike the app requires you to take a picture of how you parked it. The ability to find bikes local to people even where there are no docks/bays increases public health and transport links.

    If bikes are found flat on the pavement or blocking the pavement, that's a public disorder problem, not a Lime Bike problem and should be tackled as such.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago*

    Taxi drivers and Uber was a legitimate issue. Taxis had long been required to buy medallions that were hundreds of thousands of dollars to operate. Uber does the exact same thing and is not required to do the same? Total bullshit.

    “Rideshare”. It’s just taxi service by another name. Same rules for everyone, but then suddenly Uber and Lyft would collapse because Taxi services have always been the better option.

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