▲ 11 ▼ Lime bikes dumped in canals and rivers 'posing pollution risk' (www.bbc.com) submitted 1 year ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/ebike@lemm.ee 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago (5 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al [S] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children) But as the article says, it's the stolen bikes that are dumped, not the legitimately hired ones. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) Imo the article is not good in defining theft here, these bikes lie all around the city and my guess is that when they are hard to reach (like in a river) the company just counts them as stollen. This is just a company with a very shit work model avoiding responsibility for polluting the environment. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al [S] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) As someone that lives in a part of a city where Lime doesn't operate, I see people on stolen bikes all the time. The bikes make a clicking sound to try and annoy the thieves, but the thieves don't care. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago Yeah, I agree it is the same here. What I mean is that if you ride it without paying and then leave it in one of the designated locations or near one of them and there is no permanent damage to the bike the company (I think) will not count it as stolen, will recharge it and keep using it. So in that sense stolen are only the ones that are impossible to recover. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply)
[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al [S] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children) But as the article says, it's the stolen bikes that are dumped, not the legitimately hired ones. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) Imo the article is not good in defining theft here, these bikes lie all around the city and my guess is that when they are hard to reach (like in a river) the company just counts them as stollen. This is just a company with a very shit work model avoiding responsibility for polluting the environment. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al [S] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) As someone that lives in a part of a city where Lime doesn't operate, I see people on stolen bikes all the time. The bikes make a clicking sound to try and annoy the thieves, but the thieves don't care. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago Yeah, I agree it is the same here. What I mean is that if you ride it without paying and then leave it in one of the designated locations or near one of them and there is no permanent damage to the bike the company (I think) will not count it as stolen, will recharge it and keep using it. So in that sense stolen are only the ones that are impossible to recover. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply)
[–] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) Imo the article is not good in defining theft here, these bikes lie all around the city and my guess is that when they are hard to reach (like in a river) the company just counts them as stollen. This is just a company with a very shit work model avoiding responsibility for polluting the environment. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al [S] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) As someone that lives in a part of a city where Lime doesn't operate, I see people on stolen bikes all the time. The bikes make a clicking sound to try and annoy the thieves, but the thieves don't care. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago Yeah, I agree it is the same here. What I mean is that if you ride it without paying and then leave it in one of the designated locations or near one of them and there is no permanent damage to the bike the company (I think) will not count it as stolen, will recharge it and keep using it. So in that sense stolen are only the ones that are impossible to recover. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al [S] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) As someone that lives in a part of a city where Lime doesn't operate, I see people on stolen bikes all the time. The bikes make a clicking sound to try and annoy the thieves, but the thieves don't care. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago Yeah, I agree it is the same here. What I mean is that if you ride it without paying and then leave it in one of the designated locations or near one of them and there is no permanent damage to the bike the company (I think) will not count it as stolen, will recharge it and keep using it. So in that sense stolen are only the ones that are impossible to recover. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago Yeah, I agree it is the same here. What I mean is that if you ride it without paying and then leave it in one of the designated locations or near one of them and there is no permanent damage to the bike the company (I think) will not count it as stolen, will recharge it and keep using it. So in that sense stolen are only the ones that are impossible to recover. permalink fedilink source parent