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> Can I take a (working) scooter on the street and use the 30 USD kit? After all, it's an item on the street. No, just like you can't take someone's bicycle or
by 1024core 8y ago
> Can I take a (working) scooter on the street and use the 30 USD kit? After all, it's an item on the street.
No, just like you can't take someone's bicycle or a stroller if the owner isn't nearby.
- gamblor956 8y agoVery different. With other bicyle's or strollers, you have the presumption of private ownership--that someone else owns them, was using them, and intends to keep using them without interruption of their ability to do so. But Birds, Jumps, et al, have deliberately left their scooters in public spaces for others to use. And that makes all the difference, legally.
- Dylan16807 8y agoYou're being quite disingenuous in multiple threads about this. They're not left out for anyone to use. They let certain people use the scooters after getting explicit permission.
- gamblor956 8y agoNope, not being disengenous. You can use the scooters without paying or getting permission in the app first, you simply lose the benefit of the electric boost. Source: there are a dozen in front of my office and I just used one to go a block without using the app. Works fine if you're willing to use human power.
- Dylan16807 8y agoI can't find anything on their website that suggests such a use is any more purposeful than taking someone's personal bike off a rack. And I found a page saying it beeps at you in complaint because you're not authorized.
- bm1362 8y agoThis is just such a bad faith argument.
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- Taniwha 8y agoBut that's not what the BB article is about