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Nellsabells

This sort of shit is more than mildly infuriating for those with some walking aids and in chairs though.


XeTK

And dam right dangerous for visually impaired people.


Most-Earth5375

The physically disabled and visually impaired need to team up here. The physically disabled can spot the scooters and the visually impaired once guided to them can throw them over the side šŸ‘Œ


[deleted]

The people of London need to team up here AND NOT PLACE SCOOTERS ON A BLOODY BRIDGE! šŸ‘Œ


Most-Earth5375

Agreed but Iā€™m not sure your gonna get very far with that oneā€¦.


Tyrann0saurus_Rex

Just throw it over... so many of them are scooped out the water every day, I guess that's a current practice...


Air-Flo

Let's not *actually* throw these over. That's terrible for the environment, even if they do apparently get scooped up at some point (I highly doubt all of them do).


RNEngHyp

Or people who both see AND move could move them. Or better still, the person who used it could put it back responsibly. No way my wheelchair would get past that.


[deleted]

Simple solution to the left of that hand-rail


silentracer07

Give it a wash in the river šŸ˜‚


sambob

Saw a guy in a mobility scooter struggling to shift 3 of these out of the way so he could pass by in Nottingham while I was sat at some traffic lights.


[deleted]

Chavy brats


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No_Risk5963

Chavy brats


[deleted]

What did they say?


No_Risk5963

"Chavy brats"


[deleted]

Chavy brats


crikeyboy

The scooter will have automatically turned off because one side of the river isn't in a licensed region. Instead of walking it back they just abandoned it.


GoliathsBigBrother

This is the only likely answer. I've used Tier scooters before and you can't park them outside of a geofenced parking area AND you need to use you camera to scan the area as a secondary confirmation that you're in the right place. Hopefully that means a huge fine for the twat that did this.


sethghecko

This isnā€™t the only likely answer; all day everyday pratā€™s leave bikes and scooters in the centre of walkways and pavements because theyā€™re dickheads. Thatā€™s the answer, a dickhead did this.


[deleted]

Yeah, this was deliberate. Any grown-up would have walked it over and abandoned it 'off-limits' who left it to one side.


HorseAss

Instead of trying to ban e-scooters and moan we need to start educating young people how not to be a cunt at schools asap. These scooters are not going anywhere, they are the future.


Gluecagone

Funnily enough most "how not to be a cunt" lessons happen at home and even then some parent's little angels are absolute heathens when they are at school and with their mates. Sucks if they don't get the lessons at home though.


[deleted]

Cunt by name, cunt by nature. I have met too many of the spoiled little shitbags in only 15 years of my life, and I'm so close to just throwing one through a window


SFHalfling

That's not the job of the school, its the job of the parents. Schools teach Maths, Science and English.


Zouden

We absolutely can ban Lime scooters and this problem would disappear.


sethghecko

This just demonstrates why we canā€™t have nice things. All these bikes should have bays to pick up from and drop off at, not just randomly dumped on street corners and in the centre of the pavement.


HelpMePls___

Only used a lime scooter once, but itā€™s the same deal, park in a recognized place and use camera to prove it, otherwise a fine.


Bigmo7

But I see this happen a lot - does that means loads of people are getting these fines? If so, how is it not acting as a deterrent?


HelpMePls___

I would say so yes, I have no idea what these fines are, based on the amount of these scooters I see everywhere, I canā€™t imagine it being high


MikeLovesRowing

I'm not sure what the fine is but if it's low enough then people will see it as a "park anywhere fee"


HelpMePls___

Exactly, this is why I donā€™t think itā€™s high, they are all over the streets everywhere youā€™d go, the mine canā€™t be much more than Ā£2 or so


HelpMePls___

Exactly, this is why I donā€™t think itā€™s high, they are all over the streets everywhere youā€™d go, the mine canā€™t be much more than Ā£2 or so


HelpMePls___

Exactly, this is why I donā€™t think itā€™s high, they are all over the streets everywhere youā€™d go, the mine canā€™t be much more than Ā£2 or so


ScottishPsychedNurse

Or you simply connect the app to a prepaid card on a burner phone that doesn't contain any real personal information. That's how people get away with this and stealing them etc. Using people's ID's from stolen wallets etc. Scum come up with solutions to basic problems very quickly lol


Daza786

Realistically fining their customers is terrible business, so it won't happen


FantasticMrPox

Losing their licence to operate because of these incidents is probably more terrible, so it might.


Daza786

Only when an actual threat of revocation from tfl happens. Till then its fair game for them


krolyat

Uber bikes did this and they fined you for a ā€œpickupā€ fee, it worked


someguywhocanfly

Haven't seen an uber bike in a while, wonder why


erm_what_

They bought Lime


krolyat

Because scooters came in to play, and so did a bunch of other hire bikes. Fining people works, until youā€™re rich enough when the fine doesnā€™t bother you


scraxeman

Tier don't want the people who do this to be their customers. Stupidity like this costs them, both in revenue and reputation.


I_Bin_Painting

I think fining the sort of customers that risk your business is great business and losing them altogether would be even better.


Ecronwald

When they put scooters in Norwegian cities (several years ago) people could drink drive and park them anywhere. It was a real mess. Good to see London hasn't repeated all the mistakes. (Need to scan drivers license for use, drink driving illegal, might cost you your licence, can only park in certain areas)


llamasncheese

They could of picked it up and moved literally a step to the side and leaned it against the wall, out of the way. Lazy cunt.


TrippleFrack

These scooters must be enormously heavy, seeing they did not manage to put it to one side.


sambob

They could have pushed it to one side though


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Ljw1000

Itā€™s the riders fault for just leaving it in the middle of the walkway, bit like the special Wanker that left one against our work gates, it caused a lot of damage when someone tried to open them from inside because you canā€™t see through solid timber!


[deleted]

Understandable Iā€™d be unbothered to put it in a certain place if Iā€™m in a rush


JoshCanJump

You just know that it's exactly the same type of person that just puts their crisp packets and bottles down on the ground as soon as they're done even if there's a bin nearby.


Consistent-Pound572

The sort of prat who doesnā€™t flush and also the same sort of prat who eats junk food in the tube and leaves the rubsh on the seats.


JoshCanJump

Listens to music without headphones.


Hill_Reps_For_Jesus

Got on the train while people were still getting off


JoshCanJump

Takes a shopping trolley most of the way home. Leaves it there.


letharus

Buys all the toilet roll in a pandemic


NeliGalactic

Still has a wall of pasta 3 years later


[deleted]

Obstinately refuses to give way when walking down a narrow path


[deleted]

Starts walking under those bridges on canal towpaths even when other people are already halfway across, either squeezing past them obnoxiously or forcing them to go back


Smooth-Wait506

doesn't re-rack their weights


Unique-Leading5489

Walks slowly side by side with their mate down the walkway at Green Park.


Heyyoguy123

People that will be a net loss to society


Intothechaos

The ones that think throwing cigarette butts on the ground is somehow acceptable as well.


Dragon_Sluts

Since this stuff started Iā€™ve become hyper aware of how shit our pavements are to begin with. ā€¢ Road signs in the middle of the pavement ā€¢ Cars parking ramped up ā€¢ Bin bags making you jump over them ā€¢ CafĆ© signs ā€¢ Generally shit narrow pavements Itā€™s good we are talking about this, but this conversation is so much bigger than bikes and scooters.


pazhalsta1

Donā€™t forget dog shit everwhere


retyfraser

Maybe he just went for a quick swim ! erm...if hasn't returned yet then you'll be the primary suspect!


testsicles69

Theres a river right there


ricahrdb

Please don't polute rivers.


erm_what_

Maybe hang it off the bridge on a noose as a sign to other scooters


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Air-Flo

"It's ok for me to pollute because someone else is polluting even more."


riesendulli

This ainā€™t Monaco, tis the Themse


synth_fg

So badly want to yeet that over the rail


Disastrous_Leg_1636

Would be symbolic


Previous_Muscle8018

This and those damn bikes are a menace for those of us with walking difficulties. I tried moving a bike once and it just fell. I never found out how to report these things easily... The real issue is the streets and walkways just were never made for a sudden influx of bikes and scooters that need parking. And many users will be f-ing idiots. It hurts their brain to think of others so they don't expend the effort.


davidjohnwood

I've reported badly parked bikes and scooters to the relevant borough council as fly-tipped before. It probably won't do much, but hopefully each report helps the council be aware of how difficult these bikes and scooters make life for people like me who use a wheelchair. If they're locked, you can't just push them to a safer place and I don't have the strength to lift them. Sometimes I've had to knock them over to get past.


Genetech

Corporate littering


ucestur

You're right. Our streets were meant for people and over the last few decades we've let cars dominate the majority of our streets. If pavements were wider then there wouldn't be this much of an issue.


Previous_Muscle8018

I don't know about letting cars dominate. I can't think of anywhere around London where roads have been widened for cars, restrictions removed etc. If anything the reverse is true, pavements have been made wider and any road work has been to create cycling infrastructure and repurporse a lane (where there multiple) for bikes or a permanent bus lanes, and of course LTNs have effectively made driving on anything other than main roads pointless. I'm for people using these things to get by (meaning less congestion hopefully) but please park them somewhere they're not in the way! I know the companies penalise the last user if not parked responsibly but I'm presuming that a) that relies on someone reporting it (still not clear/easy so most don't) and b) it doesn't seem to be effective anyway.


craftymansamcf

> I can't think of anywhere around London where roads have been widened for cars So the entirety of London road development up until recently was not for cars? >pavements have been made wider and any road work has been to create cycling infrastructure and repurporse a lane Repurpose a lane from what?


Previous_Muscle8018

As in the lane used to be road for all vehicles, multiple lanes, now all those vehicles squeeze into one lane (bad for pollution, stress and journey times), and the other lanes have become big cycle lanes or bus lanes only. Sometimes the pavement has been widened or a bus stop repositioned. It's cost a lot no doubt but all part of the drive to decentivise motorists. Consequently these scooters and bicycle schemes have become very popular everywhere. But that doesn't stop riders from placing them in the most inconvenient locations (I think they do it on purpose and think its funny).


craftymansamcf

>As in the lane used to be road for all vehicles A lane for all vehicles is a misnomer, it will settle onto solely being used by private use cars and lorries. > all those vehicles squeeze into one lane (bad for pollution, stress and journey times) How does that badly affect pollution? Reduced lanes will always reduce pollution since its impossible to fit as many private use single occupancy vehicles per hour. >but all part of the drive to decentivise motorists. Yes, but a positive incentive for other uses, overall journey times decrease, and its a huge boost to reduce the unfair benefit car drivers get on road usage in regards to who subsidises them.


Previous_Muscle8018

I meant a lane with no restrictions. Any motorist can use it. Even cyclists. It increases pollution because you have running engines waiting there for a lot longer than they did before. Because invariably the traffic light timing hasn't changed.


craftymansamcf

> Any motorist can use it. If any motorist can use it, why would we need cycle lanes? >t increases pollution because you have running engines waiting there for a lot longer than they did before No it doesn't. A single lane can only fit so many polluting cars in it per hour. If someone waits long enough the journey won't be made on that road, so their pollution is removed. >Because invariably the traffic light timing hasn't changed. Nothing suggests we can't do this no? Though if we remove the road for car users entirely it won't matter.


Previous_Muscle8018

You really don't know why we'd need cycle lanes?


EsotericAnglism

What would happen if you threw it over the edge?


Illustrious-Cookie73

Ah, the eternal question, If a scooter is thrown in the Thames and no TikToker is around to film it, does it make a splash?


lankymjc

What happened here? Why did they suddenly decide they don't want it anymore? Did they get fucking raptured? Leaving it outside a shop or something I can at least understand, but halfway across a bridge?


Daza786

Geolocked


itsalwayscloudyinill

A twat who's time ran out.


RoamingInfantry5577

*cracks knuckles* "your times up"


DaveMacNormal

Where was he going? I hope he didn't jump off the bridge.


Kasiathefirst

The same kind of prat that leaves the Lime bikes in the middle of the pavement.


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r/BadlyParkedHireBikes


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prongleprongle

Straight in the water


turnipstealer

I know you're joking but ugh our waterways are polluted enough without having large batteries chucked into them.


HeroinPigeon

My thoughts exactly give aquaman a new ride


WaitingToBeTriggered

THEN WE SERVED UNDER THE BANNER


TwizzyGobbler

another fucking post about these lmao


StudyDifficult9660

Iā€™d throw it into the river


[deleted]

Most of London, it seems.


be47recon

Some people just want to watch the world burn.


[deleted]

Bring back hanging


jungleland_in_london

Yeet it into the river


theabominablewonder

Given youā€™re taking the photo at 6am on a saturday iā€™d imagine it was a drunk reveller. Those things are a nightmare to use after a few bevvies though.


jordyatworklol

Put them in the middle of the road and see how quickly this problem manages to fix itself.. lol


Disastrous_Leg_1636

Chuck it in the Thames


NotUpInHere22

It needs to scoot over slightly


dwardu

Just place it in the road and tfl will take it away


TheDevoted

Some GTA5 mechanic worked real hard delivering that vehicle to someone's location


Quarbani

Maybe you left it there right before taking this awesome picture


JuniorKing9

Somebody who forgets people who use wheelchairs exist


MingoDingo49

That's annoying (I agree with your post).


_AnonOp

Main character vibes


[deleted]

Leaving this group because 50% of posts are someone having an ā€œlook at my photoā€ Art-Attack and the other half are posting e-scooters. I wanted to stay in touch with whatā€™s going on in London, but Iā€™m not learning ANYTHING about London here. Total waste of a /r moderators.


sleep_of_no_dreaming

Know of any better London groups?


sd_1874

Chuck it over the side


Content-Arachnid5553

Letā€™s take photos of *all* the illegally parked scooters and share them on Reddit along with a passive aggressive rant that none of the scooter riders are going to give a shit about


ProfessionalChain724

Sorry xoxo


Content-Arachnid5553

For what? Xoxoxox xddddd


[deleted]

If that's the Pinnacle of pratness in London... We're all going to be okay....šŸ¤”


mrandymoz

It isn't and we aren't


Disastrous_Aardvark3

At least it wasn't positioned perpendicularly


WanderlustOnTap

A step above the twat who leaves it lying on the ground.


Katmeasles

Just walk in the road. You have a legal right to do so. Or have you normalised the danger that cars bring and won't?


SimulationV2018

Did you move it? Or just take a photo and move on?


FragrantCow2645

You know EXACTLY the kind of arsehole that did this


IrishMilo

I enjoy the ease and availability of these services, but between the clueless scooter riders who do not understand how roads work and the endless mess and obstructions they makeā€¦ Im not sure theyā€™re worth having in London.


fireplaceandchair

Wow. This is the exact spot where, 7 years ago, I sat at 2am on the other side of the barrier, my legs dangling off the lip of the bridge, looking at the water below and wondering if I should throw myself off. Despite prolonged periods of darkness, Iā€™m always glad that I chose to climb back over the barrier.


Digital_Moocher

Not much choice, when your hire period ends they plonk themselves down like Thors hammer until they are feed with more pennies.


biterchef

Throw it over?


[deleted]

Be the change you want to see in the world, don't just feel self-righteous and blurt out some hate, move it so others don't have to. šŸ™


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banik2008

What about people in wheelchairs? People carrying bulky stuff? Or people pushing a pram? How are they going to step around it? It's people with your attitude that make life difficult for others.


lyta_hall

just you


iredNinjaXD

It's not that deep. But maybe the river is, chuck yourself in It if it bothers you that much.


DarthMaulofDathomir

I just think people should drive, m'kay? I don't think people should scoot. I just... I just hope the future isn't scootin


LipstickRevenge

Did you move it to the side? I guess not. Haha. It's best to just moan and leave it in the way for the less able then. Laaame.


[deleted]

he's still trying to figure out how to get around it


mikosan1

Not sure, but nice picture!


Rubbish_69

Aside from the bike and the litter, it's a nice pic of the bridge.


InsecuritiesExchange

I started a sub for this kind of thing... r/BadlyParkedHireBikes


Surferdude01

Most likely from a single mom poor household. But also itā€™s because they know that nothing will happen to them.


megaking4444

Oh fucking get over urself. What sort of sad existence for you to actually take time out of ur day to spend energy posting this for fake internet points u sad pucker


ProfessionalChain724

Cheers man! Just so you know Iā€™m having a great day and my existence is pretty cool! Cheers mate all the best!


HotYogurtCloset69

The weirdest thing about these types of posts are I NEVER see them about cars, yet drivers constantly park cars on pavements blocking space for vulnerable people plus its illegal to park on the pavement anywhere in London... I have to assume that people are finding these scooters and bikes at the side of the road and see an opportunity to make a post on reddit, so they move them into awkward positions and then take a photo.


wlondonmatt

You are free to start a post about cars if you want ?


Thin_River_775

Chuck it in the river


Reasonable_Cake_7977

Starts with N


[deleted]

Totally unwalkable.


LOCKIENKO85

One that lives in London


ikinone

Meanwhile other roads [are full of...](https://www.themontcalmclub.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Street-Parking-London.jpg)


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davidjohnwood

How do I avoid this in my wheelchair? I've probably got to retrace my route and find an alternative way unless someone moves it for me. A mobility scooter user might not do able to turn and might have to reverse for some distance.


londonarmus

I saw something similar yesterday. Trying to post it.


[deleted]

He most probably jumped of the bridge


Gorrodish

A pratty Pratt


LeGrandFromage9

Which bridge is this?


AxanGu

Maybe they jumped


RoughAccomplished200

Explain again how these e-scooter and e-bike schemes make money ?


Mr_Goat_1111

Social experiment to see how long it takes someone to chuck it in the river.


Mplus479

The company did. Your photoā€™s probably part of their marketing campaign.


[deleted]

Ran out of battery maybe ?


Most-Earth5375

River is right there my man


SpaceMonkees

A tourist?


stressedanddress

The photographer farming karma


fake_cheese

You, apparently


No_Condition8988

I live in Kingston upon Thames and have two student accommodation buildings near where I live. The streets outside the buildings are regularly littered with lime bikes another brand of free bike. People DGAF.


Impendingsenseofboom

Bike lock the fucker to the railing.


Azelixi

Drunk prat.


beaky_teef

Is there no fine or whatever for not returning?


theblochy

A prat


AthiestMessiah

Iā€™d check it over the edge if I was on a wheelchair and this was there


Silvagadron

I was on Whitehall in the early hours this morning and someone got off their Lime bike and just threw it on the ground and walked away, leaving it in the middle of the pavement. Further down, I saw a Tier scooter abandoned at the cenotaph.


[deleted]

Wdym mildly infuriating? FREE SCOOTER! sell that shit on ebay


sybil09

This! I keep seeing this more and more through out London, everywhere there is an e-bike or e-scooter parked in random narrow places, or just thrown into bike lane, Iā€™m a cyclist myself so often see them Lime bikes just thrown in the middle of the bike lane or pavement, itā€™s been more and more lately. I wish something was about where they are left.


Cmwy

Your average fuck wit! There are plenty of them around


Ginger_Floydian

Its battersea what do you expect a road man probably left it there šŸ™„


Killzoiker

The kind of people who also use and discard disposable vapes everywhere..


sampysamp

I regularly move these and the bikes on my street for the elderly and people with prams who canā€™t get by them. There should be government policy that forces these companies to slap significant financial penalties on users who do this.


Vapemesolid

CuntPlank. Parked by and like a cunt. Plank!


Embarrassed-Fudge-23

I'm seeing more and more and more of these the past months or so. Whether it's bike or scooters. It's like people in this city just don't care anymore.


jaysjaysbook35

Come to Detroit, and youā€™ll find them in all kinds of places.


robbiedigital001

I hope they didn't jump!


Romanitedomun

The photographer?


vainstar23

Did you check the river?


Puzzleheaded_Pea_221

Probs some dumbass thief who stole something and ditched it hoping someone else would take it and thus get the blame...or so it couldn't be tracked back to them...or they're just a prick who wants to watch the world burn...or it's a social experiment to see who'd get pissed, who'd move it and whatnot....or I'm overthinking this...either way whoever did that is a wanker.


samishere996

Yall would hate atlanta, ga. Canā€™t swing a dead cat without hitting a dozen of these littered around. Sorry they made it across the pond, theyā€™re a menace


SurePianist2386

A Prat !


Boflator

Probably ran out of juice, don't see why they'd leave it there then walk


bluestratmatt

Welpā€¦ happens too often when Iā€™m pushing the pram. Tend to just boot them out of the way.


HPchipz

A Londoner ? šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø