Convert a Bird Scooter to a personal one with $32 kit

Re:Convert a Bird Scooter to a personal one with $32 kit by jdavis703 on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @07:28PM (#18604780)

Except this is exactly what happens. Cars double park or park in bike lanes all the time. Cars drive on sidewalks or park in driveways blocking sidewalks (heck I was just honked at by an angry motorist driving his car down a sidewalk near downtown because I wouldn't move out the way). Cars park in private lots without paying. There's a reason why there are private tow operators, meter maids and cops out to enforce traffic violations.

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Re:Convert a Bird Scooter to a personal one with $32 kit by dragonwriter on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @07:31PM (#18604794)

> There's a reason why there are private tow operators, meter maids and cops out to enforce traffic violations.

Right, so just dumping cars wherever isn't tolerated either.

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Re:Convert a Bird Scooter to a personal one with $32 kit by jdavis703 on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @07:48PM (#18604862)

The thing is so many people store their cars incorrectly nothing is usually done, so poorly parked cars and scooters are about the same problem -- except that a poorly parked car is potentially life threatening whereas a poorly parked scooters is annoying.

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Re:Convert a Bird Scooter to a personal one with $32 kit by geezerjay on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @01:53AM (#18606196)

> The thing is so many people store their cars incorrectly nothing is usually done

This is patently false, as not only public entities (i.e., law enforcement and local governments) but also private companies (private tow operators) create and invest in specific services to address the problem.

So,once a whole industry emerges to tackle a problem then obviously something is being done.

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Re:Convert a Bird Scooter to a personal one with $32 kit by olliej on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @09:04PM (#18605198)

I assume from this comment you don’t live in SF? Because they do very quickly ticket and/or tow.

They also frequently sweep up any tents put up by homeless people.

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Re:Convert a Bird Scooter to a personal one with $32 kit by thaumasiotes on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @09:36PM (#18605294)

San Francisco is an outlier.

I used to frequently see a meter maid waiting by a car parked right outside the office, until the hour turned and he could ticket the whole row.

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Re:Convert a Bird Scooter to a personal one with $32 kit by TeMPOraL on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @03:31AM (#18606565)

> The thing is so many people store their cars incorrectly nothing is usually done, so poorly parked cars and scooters are about the same problem

In both cases, it's part of your civic duty to report cases like these. There must be a phone number in your city that you can call when you see someone parked a car (or a scooter) in a place where it's a) illegal, and b) is causing troubles.

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