> I think Germans are more upset about how messy these things are than about the safety aspect. People just leave them wherever and occasionally some bored peop

> I think Germans are more upset about how messy these things are than about the safety aspect. People just leave them wherever and occasionally some bored people do silly things with them like creating a huge pile of them or tossing them in canals, etc. It's high time these so-called micro-mobility companies are held accountable for the abusive occupation of public space. Their business model is based on their ability to just go to a public area and dump a bunch of equipment on the ground. Street vendors are persecuted by municipal police for less eggregious occupations of public areas. If locals have to pay for licenses to briefly occupy a couple of square meters of public areas to be able to do construction/renovation work, why are these companies allowed to throw around dozens of scooters at will?