Kick these NARC scooters to the ground or throw them in a dumpster.
Scooters littering US city streets alarm: 'Unlock me or I'll call the police'
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#22This is litter and vandalism. Why aren't people calling the police/city to remove this junk from the streets, and fine the owners for illegal dumping?
pretty simplistic and bad take
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#23Move fast, break things, litter, threaten to jail people - the new agile startup manifesto. I would be curious to hear the backstory of how this decision was made. Someone had to propose the idea and someone in charge had to approve. Then nobody around them chimed in with "hey this is a bad idea". Granted they were already planning on dumping their trash on the streets anyway so ethical considerations were probably n…
Yeah, it's a genuinely baffling decision.
A polite "Hey! Looks like you're checking out our scooter! For more info, head to example.com - use COUPONCODE for $5 off your first ride!" seems like it'd be equally effective at getting the message across and far less off-putting.
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#26This is litter and vandalism. Why aren't people calling the police/city to remove this junk from the streets, and fine the owners for illegal dumping?
No it isn't. We give free space to cars, trucks and bicycles. Why not scooters? Is it because they are owned by a corporation? If so should rental cars and car shares be banned?
We, as a society, have decided to give space to cars, trucks, and bicycles, generally in a controlled fashion.
If I randomly leave any of them in the middle of the street or sidewalk, they'll be ticketed, towed, or removed.
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#27Anyone have a recording of the audio played? A quick cruise to YouTube came up empty, though perhaps your search terms will be better than mine.
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#28Move fast, break things, litter, threaten to jail people - the new agile startup manifesto. I would be curious to hear the backstory of how this decision was made. Someone had to propose the idea and someone in charge had to approve. Then nobody around them chimed in with "hey this is a bad idea". Granted they were already planning on dumping their trash on the streets anyway so ethical considerations were probably n…
Yeah, it's a genuinely baffling decision. A polite "Hey! Looks like you're checking out our scooter! For more info, head to example.com - use COUPONCODE for $5 off your first ride!" seems like it'd be equally effective at getting the message across and far less off-putting.
Maybe they are experiencing really high levels of theft and are desperate to do something to stem the loss?
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#29This article says the word "police" is racist. >Built-in alarm sparks anger from city officials amid concerns over racism and policing: ‘This is a threat to people’
No, the article says that it's a threat to people. The racism comes in with the way that many white people presume a benefit of the doubt for interaction with police that many black people never experience.
For example, I'll presume you've never lived in a neighborhood where a black man got shot by police while literally laying on the ground motionless with his arms up. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna74...
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#30This is litter and vandalism. Why aren't people calling the police/city to remove this junk from the streets, and fine the owners for illegal dumping?
I live in Nashville and the city just impounded 411 Bird Scooters which effectively caused them to halt operation temporarily[1]. While Tennessee the state is conservative, Nashville the city is quite liberal.
The biggest concern that citizens and the city has is the mentality that when your done with the scooter you can just leave it in the middle of the sidewalk or anywhere you please. Bird needs to be proactive about it, and start charging fines and fees to users who don't properly put the scooters away. Ultimately Bird needs to setup "nests" pod that are designated pickup and dropoff points to fully address the problem.
[1] https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2018/06/07/bird-scoote...