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I side with the scooter companies. I think these guys are exploiting a gray area in the law and shaking down the companies, and should be stopped. GPS should be
by Simulacra 7y ago
I side with the scooter companies. I think these guys are exploiting a gray area in the law and shaking down the companies, and should be stopped. GPS should be able to show it a scooter was in a legit place or not. If it was, then their argument goes out the window. It just smells too much like theft.
- tracker1 7y agoLike the scooter companies and riders aren't exploiting a gray area? Most areas the law is perfectly clear, if you park in an unlawful space, you will be towed at owner's expense. The police don't have anything to do with it, unless you're parked in a revenue generating space for the city.
- l4yao 7y agoGPS may not be accurate enough, especially in urban areas. And the current geofence isn't detailed enough. For example: it doesn't account for things like a wheelchair ramp from a private property intersecting with a public walkway. In San Francisco, scooters were picked up by the city and impounded. I don't see why it's unfair for private property owners to do the same.
- negativez 7y agoAnyone who's parked a car often in dense areas knows the distance between legal and illegal parking is as small as the width of the bumper you stuck into the fire lane. GPS just can't help with that.
- emiliobumachar 7y ago"If [a scooter was in a legit place], then their argument goes out the window." What about if it wasn't, if it was square on the private property of whoever called the towers?