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 8 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 7 hours ago
Thats more what i mean, even the lime ones are absurdly fast, not like a lightly assisted e-bike
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 7 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.