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Ikemkagi t1_jarkx55 wrote

I appreciate how this group continues to grow. Soon you can take shifts, cover more area, and eventually lobby city government to be stricter on these scooter companies

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SCLSU-Mud-Dogs t1_jarn9eb wrote

What do you propose the city do to the scooter companies? They have paid for a permit to operate in the city to provide transportation. They already don't want their scooters in the harbor to begin with as it is a loss of revenue and then they have to pay to replace the scooter. The company itself isn't the ones tossing them into the harbor.

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Ikemkagi t1_jaroenz wrote

Implementing fines for the environmental pollution, for the improper storage, for the road hazards they present for drivers when left on the streets. If companies can’t keep track of the tools they use to make transportation easier because it’s cheaper to just replace them then they should be made cost prohibitive to operate within the city until another company that prioritizes that can

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SCLSU-Mud-Dogs t1_jaroysq wrote

Have you used one? The apps restrict where you can park them, you have to take a picture of them to verify and if you park them improperly the user gets fined. What can the scooter company do to prevent a random drunk pedestrian from picking up a parked scooter and tossing them in the harbor?

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Ikemkagi t1_jarpnra wrote

I have, they can spend the money to track the gps locations of the scooters and send employees to remove the ones that are out of place? Remove the ones that were last known to be in the literal harbor?

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