Date: July 26th, 2018 9:01 PM Author: spruce generalized bond
bird scooters are being left all over the place -- on the apron, near the sidewalk, on the sidewalk. it's an ugly cancer and it's actually annoying if they're blocking the sidewalk.
The BHPD also showed a clip from a local news station showing a bevy of riders on Rodeo Drive last weekend, who abandoned their vehicles all over the street when the police came. The same group appears to have ridden wildly through the parking structure in Century City. Though the Bird and Lime representatives said that their scooters are not operable after 9 p.m., the Bird representative said that people who charge them can activate them and may have been taking a “joy ride.”
Date: July 27th, 2018 3:05 PM Author: spruce generalized bond
the apron is private property, right? i know the laws are complex on the duty of a homeowner to maintain the apron and for liability on the apron, but it's not city property afaik.
assuming the apron is private property, leaving a bird on someone's apron is like leaving it on their land. neither is appropriate.
second, these things are an eyesore all over the aprons
Date: July 27th, 2018 3:10 PM Author: spruce generalized bond
LA. i really only know 'apron' as a technical/legal term. when i was i kid, i probably just called it the part of our house between the street and the driveway.
Date: July 27th, 2018 2:28 PM Author: spruce generalized bond
i think bird is trying to forcememe these things. this morning, 5 neatly aligned birds showed up on my corner. i doubt 5 people happened to drop them off on my residential corner. they prob dump them out at specific corners at night to try to forcememe them
Date: July 27th, 2018 2:42 PM Author: spruce generalized bond
it's forcememing to the extent that they just sit there all day knocked over on my corner bc people on my block just throw them over. nobody seems to be wanting them
Date: July 27th, 2018 2:34 PM Author: Insecure Cracking Forum
birds are great - the problem is the shithead riders.
1) Ride on the street most of the time, if you need to ride on the sidewalk for safety reasons for parts of the ride, slow the fuck down. If there are people anywhere on the sidewalk, slow down so that you are going no faster than a brisk walking pace.
2) Leave them standing up with the kickstand on near the curb and parallel to the street. Do not block the sidewalk.
I don't give a shit about helmets - people can get hurt if they want. But these two rules would make these things fine for everyone and reduce most complaints.
Date: July 27th, 2018 2:38 PM Author: Insecure Cracking Forum
rental bikes take up more space than scooters. If you are riding your own bike, then you are limited in what you can do and where you can go, and you worry about your bike getting stolen.
Chicago mo. Constantly see dumbasses riding these Divvy bikes on the sidewalk even though we have dedicated bike lanes in a good portion of the City worth being in.
Date: July 27th, 2018 2:41 PM Author: spruce generalized bond
who the fuck is using these, anyway? that "short distance" ride are you taking that you don't need to carry shit for (eg the grocery store) and that you wouldnt just walk for?
Date: July 27th, 2018 2:49 PM Author: Insecure Cracking Forum
the 2-3 mile ride to your friends house, or a restaurant, or a bar - where its too far to walk and you don't want to drive or uber. Also if there is rush hour traffic that three mile drive could take 45 minutes versus 20 on a bird.
Date: July 27th, 2018 2:53 PM Author: spruce generalized bond
so the business model for these things is single 20-30somethings taking them to bars/restaurants within 2-3 miles? most people in LA arent going to be using these things for commuting. just seems like the demand for these things wont be what the (((investors))) are hoping.
Date: July 27th, 2018 2:56 PM Author: Insecure Cracking Forum
the 2-3 mile trip is the bane of Los Angeles. Despite the size of LA, most people travel within 3-4 miles daily. People are communiting with them. They are all over near the metro stations. And $4 to take a bird 3 miles >> $12 to take an uber. Especially with traffic and wait times.
Date: July 27th, 2018 3:01 PM Author: spruce generalized bond
link? i'm doubtful if your data is correct, and skewed based on your perspective. i'm sure you associate with tons of people who commute 2-3 miles from the west side to cc, but i doubt you have a representative sample.
why is the 405 jam packed going west in the morning / east in the evening? tons of poors are traveling from the east side ghettos to all the jobs on the westside. i doubt most people are traveling 3-4 mile commutes in LA.
Date: July 27th, 2018 4:02 PM Author: spectacular set
Poors living Rosemead commuting 2 hours/day are not their target audience. It’s 12-50 year olds upper middle class people going out to the beach, shopping, friends’ place, restaurant/bars at night and weekends. Entire families and groups of friends using them because of lack of parking and too much traffic by car. You cannot walk around Santa Monica on a weekend without getting run over by them.
As for commuting, I see a fair number of people using them for commute in century city and west side (people who would live 1-5 miles from the office).
Date: July 27th, 2018 2:39 PM Author: spruce generalized bond
the city can't enforce 1) and 2). easier to just ban the fucking things. shithead riders being shitheads is an obvious problematic consequence of these scooters.
also, they shouldn't be parked on either the sidewalk or private property (people's lawns / aprons). there's no place for them to be left in a residential neighborhood.
Date: July 27th, 2018 2:48 PM Author: spruce generalized bond
lol at this shitlibbery
To get back in the game, the companies must have a program to educate riders on the rules of the road, offer access to low-income riders and share their data with the city.
Date: July 27th, 2018 2:54 PM Author: Odious turdskin
Lol indeed. At the time I had a feeling the city didn't care about the annoyance these things cause so much as it wanted to exact its pound of flesh from bird
Date: July 27th, 2018 2:58 PM Author: Insecure Cracking Forum
because the old as fuck persians would never ride them. waiting for BH to set up bird traps on Robertson to ticket people crossing into BH for 2 minutes while driving through West LA.
Date: July 27th, 2018 3:23 PM Author: spruce generalized bond
pedestrians are covered by their own UM if they get hit by an uninsured motorist. does that mean that a pedestrian is covered if they get hit by an uninsured bird rider?
Date: July 27th, 2018 3:36 PM Author: arrogant cuckold locus
im sure cslg will sit on the sidelines while plaintiff's bar backed appellate lawyers try to get some caselaw on the issue, or force the legislature to act
Date: July 27th, 2018 3:24 PM Author: Contagious depressive
Dallas has been fun with the 30k rental bikes last year and now mostly replaced with birds/lime pads. I only see homeless people on the bikes and fat chicks on the birds.
Date: July 27th, 2018 3:26 PM Author: elite rose love of her life
I nearly got run over by some queer on of these the other night. Had I not been so startled I'd have beaten him to death and thrown both him and his scooter iinto silver lake reservoir