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Its like cities had zero controls on parking then just banned cars instead of building effective parking enforcement laws.

Simple solution:

1) Cities establish guidelines on legal parking / riding. 2) Impose large fines for violations. 3) Scooter companies pass on those fines to the rider who parked illegally.

But instead we have a bunch of blue cities banning the most affordable, equity enhancing, zero emissions, last mile transportation solution.




Agreed however just because you parked well doesn’t stop a clown from knocking them into the sidewalk later. At one point they were being thrown in the river.


This, in Atlanta, people who were mentally unstable (intersecting with people who don't like scooters) were throwing parked ones into streets.


a few of the providers required a photo of the scooter when you ended your ride. seems to address that issue.


Protects an honest user but doesn't prevent it from happening unfortunately.




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