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re: Scooters on LSU campus - took less than a month

Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:23 pm to
Posted by Ryne Sandberg
Team Am Mart
Member since Apr 2009
19369 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:23 pm to
I rode the rental bikes all over Chicago and it was the best way to get around. When your time expired, the bike would lock up. However, I never saw any just littered everywhere. They had a service that would come get them and put them back on the chargers and lock them up.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
164339 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:23 pm to
Those things are a blight wherever they are. They’re a mess in cities too. Go to any big city and they litter the streets.
Posted by whoa
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2017
4624 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:24 pm to
I saw one of these on the shoulder on Burbank past Rotolos this morning That’s the furthest out I’ve seen them thus far.
Posted by chryso
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
11926 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:29 pm to
I was in Rome last month and the scooters are everywhere. It was not a problem.
Posted by KamaCausey_LSU
Member since Apr 2013
14580 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:30 pm to
quote:

Baton Rouge loves to embrace foolishness.

Seems pretty easy to program zones that they need to be dropped off at. Essentially, extra fees if you don't leave it in a "parking zone". Very Louisiana to take something widely used across the world and screw it up.
Posted by TigerV
Member since Feb 2007
2508 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:30 pm to
Go to Denver a good bit and ride them around there. Pretty easy just to hop on and off to get around.
Posted by LSU1SLU
Member since Mar 2013
7141 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:31 pm to
Without knowing what or clicking the link….

In Dallas they did bikes and scooters and it made the city more of a mess
Posted by Gorilla Ball
Member since Feb 2006
11779 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:42 pm to
We walk the lakes on the weekend and they look like dead scooters are everywhere
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
28470 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:47 pm to
quote:

When your time expired, the bike would lock up.


Immediately?

If so, it would be a nice Sunday afternoon to sit outside and watch this scene unfold multiple times...

Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
43028 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:48 pm to
not to mention they are riding around walkers who may get destroyed
Posted by CarRamrod
Spurbury, VT
Member since Dec 2006
57472 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 1:03 pm to
quote:

"I'd like to see these kids be a little safer
kids.... lol they are college students.... adults.... not kids.
Posted by dcrews
Houston, TX
Member since Feb 2011
30223 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 1:04 pm to
quote:

I like the part about them going too fast.


Do they not have a way to control your speed?

"The scooters move too fast!".

Well genius, how about you just operate it at a slower speed?

I saw these in Austin back in 2019 for the LSU/Tex game. Those things were EVERYWHERE.
This post was edited on 5/1/23 at 1:06 pm
Posted by UtahCajun
Member since Jul 2021
494 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 1:04 pm to
quote:

Every city they’ve infested has banned them within two years


They have passed the 2 year mark in Salt Lake and are still doing very well. There are a few abusers, but those are a very small minority.
Posted by ILurkThereforeIAm
In the Shadows, Behind Hedges
Member since Aug 2020
487 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 1:13 pm to
quote:

College Station


quote:

different demographics.




Posted by HeadCoach
Shady's Parking Lot
Member since Mar 2009
5659 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 1:15 pm to
Complaint board
Posted by i am dan
NC
Member since Aug 2011
24843 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 1:29 pm to
The City of Greensboro did away with this program as well. Scooters left ALL OVER THE PLACE... on the streets, in bushes, everywhere.
Posted by tigerinthebueche
Member since Oct 2010
36791 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 1:34 pm to
quote:

“In the last week I’ve experienced 3 scooters cross at intersections without right of way without even checking up. Drivers be ware.”


run those frickers over and they'll get more respectful.

Just like cyclists.
Posted by WillieD
Lafayette/BR
Member since Apr 2014
2037 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 1:36 pm to
Posted by 427Nova
Member since Sep 2022
1722 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 1:38 pm to
Some ended up in lakes. Some in bushes. Some wrecked into vehicles. My son told me all about it. All over the place.
Posted by offshoreangler
713, Texas
Member since Jun 2008
22338 posts
Posted on 5/1/23 at 1:40 pm to
quote:

Go to any big city and they litter the streets.



Has never caught on here in Houston thankfully.
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