The homeless and ride-share bikes

[Tony Gambino]

Originally Posted by HoustonRiley

I've been wondering why there are random yellow bikes around Dallas

i do my best to throw them in the creek or any local body of water

[CG2014]

Originally Posted by Tony Gambino

i do my best to throw them in the creek or any local body of water

That's Bad, Tony!

[CG2014]

First casualty in Dallas of the electric scooter.

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/da.../287-572596473

Surely one of many to come.

Those scooters have been popular in Los Angeles resulting in many injuries and lawsuits:

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/at.../287-572173867

[dallasfan]

Hey who would have figured.

Overweight customer, with probably a little too much to drink wanting to get home without a car, and not used to the equipment.

What could go wrong.

[BLM69]

Originally Posted by CG2014

You can break the lock on those things real easily.

They're all over South Dallas being used by the homeless, I've seen a lot of them just laying on the ground with bent wheels

[PeterBota]

There are approx 4200 homeless in Dallas. We need more bikes.

[Guest020720]

I was driving in some area of downtown dallas and a drove of folks on electric scooters just blasted through the intersection with no regard of what the traffic was doing. It was the first time I saw them but they have definitely become a part of the night life. Seemed like everyone that was riding had money (ie was not homeless and was having a great time.)

I've been around Dallas a lot the last few weeks and have not run across the homeless on bikes, but have seen quite a few more homeless folks around than usual.

[BLM69]

Originally Posted by tntangie

I was driving in some area of downtown dallas and a drove of folks on electric scooters just blasted through the intersection with no regard of what the traffic was doing. It was the first time I saw them but they have definitely become a part of the night life. Seemed like everyone that was riding had money (ie was not homeless and was having a great time.)

I've been around Dallas a lot the last few weeks and have not run across the homeless on bikes, but have seen quite a few more homeless folks around than usual.

It's only the matter of time before the locals in South Dallas get some in, hope they charge on a regular household outlet to keep them going

I didn't mean to call them homeless earlier, I meant the locals in the hood, drive down MLK and surrounding blocks, you'll see plenty of green and yellow bikes

[TexTushHog]

Originally Posted by BLM69

It's only the matter of time before the locals in South Dallas get some in, hope they charge on a regular household outlet to keep them going

I didn't mean to call them homeless earlier, I meant the locals in the hood, drive down MLK and surrounding blocks, you'll see plenty of green and yellow bikes

Actually, the charging of the scooters is partially crowd sourced. So they can take them in, charge them, and take them back to a designated location and get paid. Pretty interesting business model.


"Lime, a San Francisco Bay area-based startup, has over 50 Dallas employees, Sadle said. But it also enlists the help of the general public. The “juicers” use an app to find scooters on a low charge and get paid $5 to $20 apiece for the ones they pick up, charge at home and return to the streets."

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/...las-bike-share

[BLM69]

I saw a rental bike with a personal padlock today lol, some people really think they owned them now

[BLM69]

Originally Posted by TexTushHog

Actually, the charging of the scooters is partially crowd sourced. So they can take them in, charge them, and take them back to a designated location and get paid. Pretty interesting business model.


"Lime, a San Francisco Bay area-based startup, has over 50 Dallas employees, Sadle said. But it also enlists the help of the general public. The “juicers” use an app to find scooters on a low charge and get paid $5 to $20 apiece for the ones they pick up, charge at home and return to the streets."

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/...las-bike-share

I've been thinking of offering my services and recover some of these bikes and take them to a local hub for lock repairs and maintenance, not wasting my time for $5 to $20 though, my service would be more of theft recovery.

[CG2014]

I would say no they are not liable!

Especially in the case of this woman who I bet has been drinking, although in this article she claimed she hadn't had anything to drink.

Plus she didn't wear a helmet and the APP, when you go through the steps on it that are required for her to read before allowing to rent the scooter, does tell prospective customers to wear a helmet.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/tran...company-liable

[CG2014]

Watching LIVE PD Women on Patrol.

Tempe, AZ

Caught this guy they call the Newport Nabber.

He goes into Circle K stores, jumps over the counter, steals cartons of Newport cigarettes and then makes his getaway on a rental bike.







Those are all the Circle K's he hit, a few of them several times



He was chased down and caught by a woman's officer too.

He should had taken off on the bike instead of trying to get away on foot.

What a pussy!

[dallasfan]

$20 to charge a scooter. I’m sure someone has started a company to do that if it was that profitable. Can’t be. The economics just don’t make any sense. How much could they charge for a battery’s life of ride which I would assume is 1-2 hour. And how would they keep up with all of it.

[CG2014]

First case of hit and run involving a rental scooter in Dallas.

This poor guy wasn't even on a scooter. He was blindsided by one that was on the sidewalk which is against the city ordnances: no scooters on the sidewalks.

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/da.../287-573727809