#Junkit bird update
Check it out: Īt the time of this update locals report that two large warehouses have been leased in the Pacific Beach area by scooter companies. It’s not so surprising that a new Instagram account titled “Bird Graveyard” posts images and video of scooters being thrown from buildings, set on-fire, general scooter fails and mayhem – perhaps accurately portraying the public lash-back and sentiment toward e-scooters. Another point of the plan requests regular reports from the operating companies on how scooters are being used around the city. One of the main requests is to use geo-location to slow down scooters to the 8mph posted limit on the Mission Beach Boardwalk and other sidewalks with speed limits. Meanwhile San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulkner has recently outlined a 5 step plan to try to regulate scooter riding. Read more: Class-action lawsuit accuses e-scooter companies of ‘gross negligence’ The lawsuit also suggests that poor maintenance and upkeep of the scooter fleets is making them unsafe to ride, and a danger to pedestrians and riders alike. The lawsuit alleges “gross negligence, and public nuisance” and seeks class action settlement for those who have been injured by scooter riders or the scooters themselves. These names are creative marketing world play to try to get the public to forget how hard they are being screwed over by e-scooter operating companies.Įarlier this week the Washington post reported that a lawsuit has been filed in Los Angeles against three of the largest scooter operating companies: Bird, Lime and Segway. Here’s a quick reminder: Scooters are not actual “birds” – and when 4 or more scooters are lined up together this does not create a “birds nest”.
A San Diego emergency room doctor went on record to say that he believes the scooters are creating a “public health crisis” due to the increase of accidents ending with emergency room visits.
Perhaps most infuriating of which are parents double riding with their children – who are holding on for dear life as they travel up to 20mph and faster – amounting to nothing less than child endangerment according to San Diego Police. Scooter riding has been called “just a fad for tourists and techies”, while local residents are frustrated by the speeding and irresponsible riders. Walking around Mission and Pacific Beach – the landscape is starting to look like a post modern e-scooter wasteland with scooters lined up on sidewalks, laying on the ground and sand – often vandalized by angry locals and residents.
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