Putting the "oh no" into obikes

[fat and old]

I watched an O/S vlog in which the presenter had a good solid rant about these things clagging up the local shared path around some lake. He made me laugh when his offsider pointed out the green credentials of them vs a car. His reply: You're not saving the universe by riding these around the lake. You're just another dick effing around on a bike It was (in this case) a fair point.

[RetroPilot]

article PBS Newshour carried yesterday on the battery-powered hire small vehicle craze , including provider LIME, yesterday..

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-t ... bumpy-ride

note, there is a push-button link to a column of viewer comments there..


the bloke carrying his kids on one, including small boy hoisted high on his neck and shoulders,just made me shudder..

[mikesbytes]

article PBS Newshour carried yesterday on the battery-powered hire small vehicle craze , including provider LIME, yesterday..

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-t ... bumpy-ride

note, there is a push-button link to a column of viewer comments there..


the bloke carrying his kids on one, including small boy hoisted high on his neck and shoulders,just made me shudder..

Article seems more balanced than what we typically get in Australia. Also the comments lacked the bogan component we get

[find_bruce]

Saw more Lime bikes being ridden in 2 hours in the CBD today than I would see in 2 weeks of all the others combined

[10speedsemiracer]

Saw more Lime bikes being ridden in 2 hours in the CBD today than I would see in 2 weeks of all the others combined

Surely the i-Cycle (go on Apple, sue me) nature of the ride appeals to the sort of user who would hire a bike in the first place. Is a good thing as far as getting people on bikes and giving turista a positive experience..

[find_bruce]

Yes its a good thing, even the CBD Sydney up & downhill so the iCycle encourages people to use them

[RetroPilot]

article PBS Newshour carried yesterday on the battery-powered hire small vehicle craze , including provider LIME, yesterday..

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-t ... bumpy-ride

note, there is a push-button link to a column of viewer comments there..


the bloke carrying his kids on one, including small boy hoisted high on his neck and shoulders,just made me shudder..

Article seems more balanced than what we typically get in Australia. Also the comments lacked the bogan component we get

to be fair, most of that particular story revolves around beach area of LA such as Santa Monica, which tends to be affluent in terms of locals, of course..

[Bunged Knee]

From Brisbane Times blurb,
Lime scooter rider busted for allegedly riding drunk, running red light.

A Lime scooter rider has been charged with drink driving after allegedly returning a blood alcohol concentration of 0.174 per cent – 3½ times the legal limit.

Police said the 43-year-old Newstead man was arrested on James Street on Saturday night after he was riding the scooter on the road, without a helmet, and failed to stop at a red light.
He was set to appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on February 6.

[RetroPilot]

so, is he being treated as being drunk on bicycle offence (I've always heard that it was an offence to be drunk on a bicycle before DUI was ever made much of)..

or is he being treated as a drunk motorcyclist would?

Just the fact that he has been blood analysed x% and all...

anyone ever RBTd on their bicycle ???

see, because it is not a driver's license cancellation offence (I assume) I did not think they would blood x% you..? hmmm

[Scott_C]

so, is he being treated as being drunk on bicycle offence (I've always heard that it was an offence to be drunk on a bicycle before DUI was ever made much of)..

or is he being treated as a drunk motorcyclist would?

Just the fact that he has been blood analysed x% and all...

anyone ever RBTd on their bicycle ???

see, because it is not a driver's license cancellation offence (I assume) I did not think they would blood x% you..? hmmm

It came up in another recent topic that Queensland has specific rules around driving a non-motorised vehicle while drunk that operate in a similar manner to the motorised drunk driving laws.

To the best of my knowledge the rest of Australia doesn't have these provisions and have much lower penalties for riding drunk.

[mikesbytes]

The fine is way out of proportion with the risk compared to other risks out there

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/bik ... 50s0t.html

[Bunged Knee]

E-scooter riders issued with hundreds of cautions by police during Lime trial in Adelaide's streets

From ABC news

Three riders have lost their licences, one has tested positive to meth and hundreds of others have been cautioned by police during Adelaide's Lime e-scooter trial which began last month.

The two-wheeled technology hit the city's streets at the start of the Adelaide Fringe festival and has so far proved popular with locals, with the total number of e-scooter trips in the city's streets expected to hit 100,000 this weekend.

But new police data has revealed many riders are continuing to disobey the law.

Five people have been reported for drink driving, with a highest recorded reading of 0.143 for one e-scooter rider.

Three riders returned readings that resulted in an instant loss of their driver's licences, and another tested positive for methamphetamines.

WT?? Too dangerous to use e-scooter while drunk....

[mikesbytes]

Do you need a license to ride an e-scooter?

[human909]

Our laws are archaic and our road authorities have usually been less than willing to accommodate motorised transport that isn't a car.

Under most of our states laws, any motorised conveyance is considered a motor vehicle and all the normal rules regarding motor vehicles apply. We have needed specific exemptions to allow e-scooters and the like and they have been limitted in scope.

Surely it would be easier to simply have a weight and speed limit on what can be categorised as a motorised vehicle. But no, that would be too sensible.

[mikesbytes]

What I've noticed in Sydney that the remaining provider + the Lime the new ebike provider aren't getting their bikes vandalised, only pushed over. Most of the helmets have disappeared though.

I'm wondering if the those who set out to destroy bike share have lost interest?

[antigee]

electric is the future! ?

https://cyclingindustry.news/uber-launc ... -brussels/

"Uber has launched its Jump bike share service in Brussels, making around 500 e-bikes available to be booked through the regular app of the ride-hailing company.

article lists other European cities that have taken up ... app that works .. trusted (?) US co' appeals to those that think maybe a car isn't what i need to get me from A to B...my gut says stuff like this will change the cityscape at some point

[Ross]

World's Second Largest Auto-Parts Supplier Leads $20m Investment In Swiss/US Dockless E-Bike Firm

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonrei ... 3fe15b310b

Denso of Japan is leading a $20 million investment in the US-headquartered Bond Mobility which operates dockless e-bike share schemes in Switzerland.

Part owned by the Toyota Group, Denso is the world’s second largest supplier of parts to the automotive industry. The investment in Bond Mobility is being shared with Ininvest. Denso said it investing in an e-bike bike share operator partly because it was “concerned about the projected future decline of new car sales.”

[Ross]

ACT bike share company Airbike will be able to double its fleet to 400 after being given the go ahead to continue for another 12 months following a successful trial. E-bikes will also be considered in the expansion

https://the-riotact.com/bike-share-oper ... ion/301037

The bike share company that was able to trial its operations in the ACT last year will be able to double its fleet to 400 after being given the go ahead to continue for another 12 months.

“Damage to the bikes was minimal and early initial complaints about ‘abandoned’ bikes diminished as the community became accustomed to share bikes positioned around the city. Airbike exceeded expectations responding to all urgent requests for removal of bikes within an average of 23 minutes; and non-urgent reports within 24 hours,” Ms Fitzharris said.

“The trial demonstrates that bike share can be successful when the parties work together and showcased Canberra as an innovative, bicycle-friendly city that values good health, community and environmental outcomes.”

[Calvin27]

Thread bump - anyone know where all the obikes went? I was keen to grab a few but stupidly thought I'd 'do the right thing' and wait until the flogged them but no dice. Is there a field somewhere they are all stored at?

[familyguy]

I'd like to source a shaft drive Mobike, but they all seem to have vanished, replaced with 1:1 chain drive versions. Bu**er. I see a few yellow OBikes laying about, mostly with the locking mechanism gone in various states of decay.

[mikesbytes]

Uber are bringing eBikes to Australia

https://www.msn.com/en-au/money/company ... spartanntp