Lime Scooters

[eldog]

I have not heard of any issues in Christchurch. Maybe Aucklanders are too fat for Lime scooters?

Chch's new road system and parking madness is well suited for lime scooters.

Traffic lights in middle of road for no particular reason, only seem to occur in chch too.

Akl council want bus or train transport only. Dont you know.

[Swoop]

Maybe Aucklanders are too fat for Lime scooters?

Nope. There's no latte' cup holder fitted.

[Fresh Oats]

Speaking of fat people on scooters, you guys get those morbidly obese people riding around on 3 wheel'ed mobility scooters where you live?
I thought it was an American meme thing but nope, I swear I see them everywhere now.

[Berries]

If they weren't just dumped in the middle of some random footpath so some old biddy falls over them and breaks a hip, gets pneumonia and dies I might be a bit more relaxed but fuck them and the people who ride them. Why is it most riders look like they couldn't even afford a cell phone anyway? More like fucking tramp taxis.

Little known fact but they only took them off the streets of Dunedin because the students got back this week and most have them went awol. Apparently the electrics get messed up when they are in the Leith.

[Scubbo]

I wonder if its when the credit runs out it just locks on all brakes, whether its moving or not

with all the legal guff going around preventing bikes on pavements, and on roads --- only a matter of time before the nanny state steps up

[Laava]

Silence of the Limes, apparently.

[MD]

Speaking of fat people on scooters, you guys get those morbidly obese people riding around on 3 wheel'ed mobility scooters where you live?
I thought it was an American meme thing but nope, I swear I see them everywhere now.

Yeah I've noticed that trend. Make yourself obese by overeating and minimal physical movement as possible and you proclaim yourself as disabled. Then you remove the one exertion that you did, walking. I guess they replace the cupholder with a pie warmer.
Keen to try a lime scooter. Are they in Wellington CBD? Seen some in the Hutt.

[WALRUS]

While hopping about Christchurch in my mighty clapped out Nissan Bluebird, I had 4 different instances of Lime scooters flying out into traffic. Is that a regular thing or have I just been particularly unlucky?

[pritch]

While hopping about Christchurch in my mighty clapped out Nissan Bluebird, I had 4 different instances of Lime scooters flying out into traffic. Is that a regular thing or have I just been particularly unlucky?

I don't know if you've been unlucky, but if the scooter riders keep doing that it's highly likely they will be.

[pete376403]

Yeah I've noticed that trend. Make yourself obese by overeating and minimal physical movement as possible and you proclaim yourself as disabled. Then you remove the one exertion that you did, walking. I guess they replace the cupholder with a pie warmer.
Keen to try a lime scooter. Are they in Wellington CBD? Seen some in the Hutt.

Limes may in be Wgtn now but have been in the Hutt for a month or two. WRT to the overweight people, I see . number of oversize women in jazz pants and lycra sports tops out on Limes. maybe this counts as exercise but I'm sure its doing nothing for their fitness or weight.

[AllanB]

I don't know if you've been unlucky, but if the scooter riders keep doing that it's highly likely they will be.

I've had no issues while driving - but have had a few close misses on the footpath. Is it illegal to punch someone if they almost hit you?

[pritch]

I've had no issues while driving - but have had a few close misses on the footpath. Is it illegal to punch someone if they almost hit you?

Probably. If you were really frightened you might put your arm out in a reflex fend. You might need some spare cash for a lawyer though.

Thank God these things haven't made their way out to the rural rump. Our idiots will be as dangerous as the idiots anywhere else and most of the accidents I have seen described were idiotic. "She thought she was too drunk to drive so she took a Lime scooter." Marvellous.

[FJRider]

I've had no issues while driving - but have had a few close misses on the footpath. Is it illegal to punch someone if they almost hit you?

If you are wearing steel toe-capped boots ... and you "accidentally" put your foot in front of their front wheel ... ACC will still provide and pay for any medical care needed after their "accident" ... "apparently" ...

[WALRUS]

Thank God these things haven't made their way out to the rural rump. Our idiots will be as dangerous as the idiots anywhere else and most of the accidents I have seen described were idiotic. "She thought she was too drunk to drive so she took a Lime scooter." Marvellous.

Oh yeah, I saw a house party pile out of an apartment in Linwood and go 'two-up' on a fleet of Limes into the night.. The woft of booze and weed as they scooted past was worrying for people in 'control' of motorised transport haha!

[FJRider]

Probably. If you were really frightened you might put your arm out in a reflex fend. You might need some spare cash for a lawyer though.

Thank God these things haven't made their way out to the rural rump. Our idiots will be as dangerous as the idiots anywhere else and most of the accidents I have seen described were idiotic. "She thought she was too drunk to drive so she took a Lime scooter." Marvellous.

The student in Dunedin was billed for not leaving her scooter available for other users. It was impounded by Police for testing for any possible faults that might have contributed to the accident. She said "I was hit by a truck ... as if the truck (and it's trailer) was at fault (they're pretty hard to miss seeing). The fact she was crossing Highway one (one way street) against a red light at one in the morning ... was not admitted, or even mentioned.