Lime scooter left on a metro platform
The Journal notes a circulating photo of a Lime scooter abandoned on the platform at Papineau metro. Lime has been promising to resolve issues but how can they possibly police all their users?
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Chris 08:52 on 2019-08-28 Permalink
Odd. Why take the trouble to carry it down to the platform when you could just abandon it outside the station?
Blork 09:22 on 2019-08-28 Permalink
Possibly because the person knew it would attract attention and become a widely circulated photo.
Chris 10:27 on 2019-08-28 Permalink
Yeah, good hypothesis. I’d wager such a person is more likely to be an anti-scooter activist than a Lime customer.
Ephraim 12:41 on 2019-08-28 Permalink
Easy way to fix, if the GPS doesn’t indicate that it’s in one of the blue squares, tell the user that it’s not released and keep on charging. It’s amazing how they will start to put it where it belongs if it will cost them money. As for the helmet and sidewalk… tell the police to start writing tickets. After about 30K worth of tickets in one day, we will see things start to change. People don’t like tickets for $128.
Bert 13:23 on 2019-08-28 Permalink
Does anything prevent someone else from picking up the scooter and carrying it away in order to plop it on a platform?
Blork 13:55 on 2019-08-28 Permalink
No. Unlike Jump bikes, which are locked to things, these Lime scooters are just sitting there for anybody to walk away with. I’m surprised there isn’t a thriving business in stealing them and overriding the pay system. Free e-scooter!
Jonathan 14:12 on 2019-08-28 Permalink
There’s an alarm that goes off if you move it around and don’t unlock it with the app
CE 14:22 on 2019-08-28 Permalink
@Blork. You can get conversion kits to turn Lime or Bird scooters into personal scooters pretty easily online. There are lots of tutorial videos on YouTube. I’d be very surprised if there isn’t at least one person in Montreal converting one in their garage right now.
Mr.Chinaski 14:28 on 2019-08-28 Permalink
This is all part of their business plan. As citizens, we have no time and most people don’t care to take a photo and send it to Lime. WHen they do, they tell you “we cannot do anything if you don’t give us the bike serial #”.
As more and more citizens go against the rules, there are two things that can happen : The city bans Lime or the city changes their rules to open Lime to more possibilities. If the city lets them go, they will only have lost investment on the early scooters. If the city drops the street parking zones and helmet, then Lime will win and start putting 10x more of them.
Disruption is the way they make money.
qatzelok 19:24 on 2019-08-28 Permalink
I like Ephraim’s idea of changing the world by charging people lots of money for their sins.