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Miscellaneous Debris => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: Bunty on August 24, 2018, 12:15:44 AM
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"Disruptive" Bird Scooters Ruffle Feathers In Stillwater
They're not free to use. Download app. They are $1 to start and $0.20/minute.
http://www.stwnewspress.com/news/disruptive-bird-scooters-ruffle-feathers-in-stillwater/article_d6370f98-ef7e-56ce-ab8d-f56ce4733dc8.html (http://www.stwnewspress.com/news/disruptive-bird-scooters-ruffle-feathers-in-stillwater/article_d6370f98-ef7e-56ce-ab8d-f56ce4733dc8.html)
http://stillwaterliving.com/dockless-scooters-scoot-into-stillwater/ (http://stillwaterliving.com/dockless-scooters-scoot-into-stillwater/)
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I was reading an article yesterday about Cleveland throwing them out, and a university in the city rounding them up and making Bird come pick them up.
Maybe I'm going crazy, but I seem to recall an article over the weekend where people in some bigger city were rounding them up and tossing them into a body of water.
Where some people see a public nuisance, I see a free source of abandoned lithium ion batteries for the picking. :lol: Publish a video on YouTube showing how to gut those scooters and make whole-house battery packs, and the Bird problem will be over before you know it.....
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You may have read something off the wire from the LA Times.
Down in the Los Angeles area, the Bird and Lime scooters and their riders have become a nuisance, riding double, on sidewalks, no helmets, scooters left lying everywhere, no permits, etc. The scooters have been tossed in dumpsters, the ocean and toilets, set afire, and broken.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-bird-scooter-vandalism-20180809-story.html
And, I agree, they would make a great source of raw materials. :)
There are several other articles and editorials available about this if you search: la times bird scooters.
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Lime scooters now in Stillwater: http://www.stwnewspress.com/news/scoot-over-bird-lime-puts-a-new-twist-on-scooters/article_9a6601ea-99c7-55e7-bc2a-ebed2f3cadf6.html (http://www.stwnewspress.com/news/scoot-over-bird-lime-puts-a-new-twist-on-scooters/article_9a6601ea-99c7-55e7-bc2a-ebed2f3cadf6.html)
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Stillwater Police Impounding Birds When Obstructing Sidewalks. http://www.stwnewspress.com/news/spd-code-enforcement-impounding-scooters/article_db457f1e-1d94-5ed5-b010-ab060e032fe2.html (http://"http://www.stwnewspress.com/news/spd-code-enforcement-impounding-scooters/article_db457f1e-1d94-5ed5-b010-ab060e032fe2.html")
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Scotters will be kicked off the OSU campus later today:
(https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/44141347_10215193919575121_3910825433930661888_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&oh=80a41a3288dac6de840c7f90a645bc3b&oe=5C3E5304)
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Latest on Birds and Limes in Stillwater: https://www.stwnewspress.com/news/bird-scooters-freed-from-cage-lime-batteries-sour/article_28c38975-eca4-5c8c-9d19-54875647bff2.html?fbclid=IwAR3ic4n5LJoi3volHeptTdTAPQFYIVypv1gpWr_BiIf27BcU-Nn2EiWhREk#utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social (https://www.stwnewspress.com/news/bird-scooters-freed-from-cage-lime-batteries-sour/article_28c38975-eca4-5c8c-9d19-54875647bff2.html?fbclid=IwAR3ic4n5LJoi3volHeptTdTAPQFYIVypv1gpWr_BiIf27BcU-Nn2EiWhREk#utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social)
It will be interesting to see how popular they are later on when winter sets in.
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The scooter stampede of 2018 is great news for urban transportation.
https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/12/5/18116647/electric-scooter-lime-bird-skip-spin-2018 (https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/12/5/18116647/electric-scooter-lime-bird-skip-spin-2018)
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Here, ER reports are going up because people falling off of them. Hitting large cracks and rolling over the top of them. Minneapolis has allowed them, I am not sure if they are around during the winter. Another suburb has bikes. They have been pulled off for winter.
I know if I find one in my yard from another city-the damn thing is going in the trash.
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SIMPLE: *If* it contains a motor -- be it internal combustion or electric -- it is a "motorized" vehicle and should be licensed, tagged, and INSURED...or impounded!
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SIMPLE: *If* it contains a motor -- be it internal combustion or electric -- it's a "motorized" vehicle and should be licensed, tagged, and INSURED...or impounded!
...or donated to the nearest school as parts for STEM projects! :grin:
Having just sat through a few months of grand jury service here in New Yorkistan and being repeatedly read the state's definition of a motor vehicle, the operator also needs to be licensed to even ride the thing. If it doesn't move under muscle power or on rails, it is a motor vehicle and subject to all Vehicle & Traffic laws.....
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OSU-Stillwater is preparing to lift its ban on scooters in place since October, once it chooses which scooter company to award permits for operation on campus. https://www.stwnewspress.com/news/osu-preparing-to-choose-scooter-vendor/article_6548710c-f437-11e8-8508-23e68f343c93.html (https://www.stwnewspress.com/news/osu-preparing-to-choose-scooter-vendor/article_6548710c-f437-11e8-8508-23e68f343c93.html)
I think the scooters passed their peak about a couple of months ago when there were over a 100 of them scattered around downtown and then more on street corners on the way to the OSU campus. The city impounded a bunch of them for being illegally parked. Scooters are still around, but not as thick. My guess now is they will last all winter, unless it's a bad one. The worst accident with injury I heard of was where an OSU student broke his ankle.
I wouldn't want to be crazy enough to ride one without a helmet, so haven't yet. I usually use my car to get around, except for occasional walks to the nearby Wal-Mart and a few other stores and eating places. The walk is good exercise, which I would not be getting on a scooter.