Posted on 09/12/2018 4:24:04 AM PDT by Kaslin
Dockless bikes have caused bike litter all over the Dallas metroplex. Several companies have given up due to the number of bikes that have been trashed.
Soon we will have scooter litter.
I can do without this innovation.
Who does the recharge?
Who pays for the scooter initially?
What is the business model?
“That worked for Uber and Airbnb. We consumers got cool new ways to travel and alternatives to hotels, and investors got rich — all because they didn’t ask for permission. Permissionless innovation brings good things.”
Yup. Stay away from the student council types if you can.
“San Francisco said they “endanger public health and safety.” City attorney Dennis Herrera complained about “broken bones, bruises, and near misses.”
But excrement and urine on the sidewalks is A-OK. Never mind the laundry list of illnesses associated with coming in contact with human waste....you’ll swell up a little bit, but you’ll be ok. ;)
Scooters are a blast. Used them in several cities now. Fun, cheap and easy to get around as transportation and to see the city.
You’ll never find ‘em in SF bay:
In San Francisco the main problem would be that these scooters might slip on the human $hit that covers the city’s streets and sidewalks,thus causing unimaginable mayhem.
Some one could do this with rifles. Need temporary protection in open carry mode? Pick up a rifle from the corner, activate it with the app, travel to destination, exit transitional space (go inside), leave it on the ground for the next civilian needing some open carry protection.
San Francisco is concerned about a maybe injury but does not care about a definable disease situation?
Avoiding DNA samples in SF must be a challenge on those scooter thingies.
I’ve never been a fan of any business model that is built on simply exploiting loopholes in existing laws and regulations. Eventually reality catches up to them, and they lose their competitive edge. Once that happens, they become just like the crony-capitalist businesses they undersold in the market (see Uber in NYC as a perfect example of this).
If I had a scooter company I would give the homeless in San Francisco free scooters, that would break the issue with the City!
Yeah, like do not use drugs in public, do not leave AIDS infected needles all over the place, do not scream at them sky or pedestrians, keep the bums off the streets, no sleeping in doorways or on sidewalks, no defecating or urinating in public, do not deface buildings with graffiti, put insane people in institutions. Nope, can't enforce those rules in the public square.
But new scooter rules? You betcha!!
The business model is to pretend to have a business model well enough to attract investors willing to suspend belief in order to get in on the ground floor for The Next Big Thing.
Don’t kill scooters. Let’s see where they take us.
IN NYC....to the hospital most likely
take a look at the size of the wheels in the pic....
NYC has potholes 10x that size....
i have a scooter withwheels that size... a swagtron .... and yo ahve to be really watchful because sidewalk cracks and pebbles twigs etc can cause issues...
it is fun though...
SF.....truly bizarro world. Glad I live about as far away from cali and still be in the lower 48 as I do.
They’re not selling scooters.
They’re not selling rides.
They’re selling stock.
They have started throwing them off the cliffs into the ocean in San Diego.
The city banned scooters knowing that the sidewalk crap poses loss of control accidents. A crap related accident poses a negligence liability for the city.
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