Bird One Scooter – Pre-Order

Re:Bird One Scooter – Pre-Order by sschueller on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @12:17PM (#19860295)

They haven't learned it yet here (Switzerland). A new one from Berlin just showed up. Now we have Bird, Flash and Tier (both out of Berlin). Ironic since these scooters are illegal in Germany so they can't operate them in their own country.

Lime has bailed out of Zürich after a serious accident which was caused by a scooter applying the park brake at speed due to some firmware issue.

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Re:Bird One Scooter – Pre-Order by s3nnyy on Thursday May 09, 2019 @04:32AM (#19866401)

Flash I see everywhere, Tier not so much in Zürich. Is it new?

The German firms have models that have a brake that works mechanically on the wheels and this was the prerequisite by the city police after the lime accidents. Lime's scooters don't have a mechanical brake.

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