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Re:Uber Bike – A New Way to Commute or Explore by SideburnsOfDoom on Friday February 02, 2018 @03:35AM (#16289254)
> People stealing and vandalising bikes aren't children wandering into a hazard.

There are differences, and there are similarities. I have heard "attractive nuisance" used (not in a legal context) in a looser sense that covers this case - ie. when you can legitimately ask "well, what else did you think was going to happen?"

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Re:Uber Bike – A New Way to Commute or Explore by mseebach on Friday February 02, 2018 @08:32AM (#16290359)
> I have heard "attractive nuisance" used (not in a legal context)

Well, you linked to the legal context, so you'll have to excuse me for misunderstanding.

> "well, what else did you think was going to happen?"

People not stealing bikes, vandalising them and throwing them in nature? Do we really have to invent pseudo-legalities to get around the simple fact that people doing this are utter assholes (and criminals), regardless of whether the company providing these bikes have behaved perfectly?

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