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Re:Convert a Bird Scooter to a personal one with $32 kit by vageli on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @10:20PM (#18605452)
This is one method of getting laws changed.
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Re:Convert a Bird Scooter to a personal one with $32 kit by dragonwriter on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @10:48PM (#18605551)
Donating scooters to the city under the current laws isn't particularly effect give method of getting the laws changed.
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Re:Convert a Bird Scooter to a personal one with $32 kit by TeMPOraL on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @03:29AM (#18606556)
Paying the city through impounded scooters would probably be close to the top least cost-effective lobbying method ever.
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Re:Convert a Bird Scooter to a personal one with $32 kit by michaelt on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @04:25AM (#18606814)
I think cities have wised up since AinBnB and Uber that saying “we’ll wait and see” while the corporation gets strong is not a winning strategy for regulators.

If getting hundreds of scooters impounded and auctioned off is a good strategy for Bird, their business strategy is too subtle for me to follow.

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Re:Convert a Bird Scooter to a personal one with $32 kit by pavel_lishin on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @09:57AM (#18608694)
Civil disobedience is one thing, corporate disobedience is another.
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