That all sounds like theft protection kinda stuff. If lime doesn’t want to protect their stuff who are we to care?
You can also just buy an ebike and use it just the same so why would restrictive regulation on lime make a difference there?
That all sounds like theft protection kinda stuff. If lime doesn’t want to protect their stuff who are we to care?
You can also just buy an ebike and use it just the same so why would restrictive regulation on lime make a difference there?
Pipster@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 hours ago
I don’t really agree - theft prevention is one thing but I’d argue that if they have permission to rent their bikes out in unmanned public space locations then they have a duty of care to the population of that area to make sure their bikes are not mis-used.
Your point about personal e-bikes isn’t really directly equivalent simply because of the additional expense involved - if you send a lot of money on one then you are less likely to be quite so irresponsible. The financial punishment for misuing a Lime bike is negligible.
Honestly I want to see significantly more regulation surrounding these things in general. They are becoming a real issue.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 4 hours ago
Haven’t really seen any problems from ebikes tbh. They seem great as an option for elderly or disabled people to get around, especially the 3 wheeled ones. Not so fond of the unregistered electric motorcycles going down the bike path though.
Pipster@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 hours ago
Thats more what i mean, even the lime ones are absurdly fast, not like a lightly assisted e-bike
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 hours ago
I highly doubt the lime ones are. The speed limit does only apply to motor assist though, if you can pedal hard enough you can go as fast as you like.