Did everyone in the comments suffer brain damage and forget about Hertz and its bullshit AI “scratch and dent” scanners? Or the hotels charging non-smokers $500 “smoking” fees because an AI smoke detector said so? Do people defending this shitty company not see the obvious and unavoidable conflict of interest companies have to make a system like this overly sensitive in order to rack up fines? It would be one thing if the threat was a ban from the service, but it’s just so clearly an excuse to generate more profits I’m shocked this needs to be pointed out.

I hate the scooter kids who do this shit

I fail to see the problem with this. It is their property you are renting, and they are telling you to not fuck with it too much. Looks very reasonable to me. And all of those can be detected without any violation of privacy too.

It's not long before "Abuse you like a rented scooter" becomes a new idiom.

How is it dystopian to not damage things that don't belong to you? Ride the scooter like a normal person, or buy your own for stunting...

I don't think it's corporate dick-sucking to say that if you use an e-scooter share, it's not dystopian that the company administering them tries to track if you're using them in a negligent way that causes unnecessary wear. It's not yours.

The fact these corporations are running this kind of thing is itself problematic, but I also wouldn't object if a government-administrated e-scooter share tried to detect poor behavior on a piece of equipment you don't own.

DANCING IS FORBIDDEN

I mean, get your own scooter and you can do all the burnouts and hit all the curbs you want.

What they don't want is either you or somebody else to sue them because they know they're enabling you to use an alt method of transport that offers no real guardrails.

How is everyone acting like the poster is at fault here? How do you know their AI detection system isn't bullshit and they didn't drive entirely reasonably, and the detection system is actually the problem?

Use some common sense, people... Both things are possible here, a reckless driver or an overzealous detection system.

The correct way to ride these

Now I'm just going to grind harder. Tell me again and I'm hitting the half-pipe.

I've worked service and repair jobs for decades. I will always default to the user was a jackass unless provided direct proof to the contrary.

How about don't break rental shit?

Stop taking rentals down the skate park.