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My market-supremacist response: I wish that instead of banning them they just fixed the negative externalities: a system where anyone can report a poorly parked
by bjackman 4y ago
My market-supremacist response: I wish that instead of banning them they just fixed the negative externalities: a system where anyone can report a poorly parked scooter to the city govt and the owner of the scooter receives a significant fine.
That way the market will soon be forced to find a solution to parking enforcement, or stop renting out scooters. In the former case we keep the benefits of scooters. In the latter case, we learn that they aren't actually economically viable
(Admittedly the focus in Paris seems to be more on bad driving than bad parking, which seems even easier to fix: just reduce the max speed and/or tie usage to a driver's license...)
- franky47 4y agoI'll raise you on the report and propose that scooters should report themselves when badly parked. Unless incentivised, nobody would report bad parking, or it could be abused and whatnot. Most of them already have a GPS system for fleet tracking (takes care of where it's parked), and an accelerometer would easily detect those laying on their side (plus fall detection for added marketing benefit).
- midasuni 4y agoWith lime I think you have to take a picture when parking to show it’s parked safely. If you fine companies for abandoning outside designated areas, what’s to stop random yobs (or competitors) moving the legally parked vehicle to a bad place then reporting it?
- tuetuopay 4y agoThey actually block parking outside of dedicated spots using the GPS. So you have to be in one to end the trip.
- arp242 4y agoGovernment stepping in with regulations and fines is of course not "market-supremacist" :-) Or: I think you and GP actually agree that we can't "just" leave it up to the market 100% and that we also need someone to look out for the public interest (which usually means the government).