Lime Scooters were the first electric scooters to be based in Adelaide. They provide an inexpensive and convenient way to travel through the city as a "pedestrian" without needing to own a bicycle or carry a helmet. However, they posed problems within Adelaide street with people riding them on the road unsafely, travelling too quickly on footpaths without regarding for other pedestrians, not wearing helmets, going down hills at speed, and leaving them across footpaths and access ways prohibiting other people's movement.
They lost their license to operate in Adelaide, with many of the above issues cited. In addition, a Lime Scooter van rolled at a busy intersection after hitting another vehicle and many people were issued fines for non-compliance. Also, some scooters were released with a critical braking flaw that could send people flying. You can read more about the issue here.
Ms Davidson-Park said both Beam and Ride met safety and usage requirements to the highest standard.
"One of the most important things is that their geo-fencing works, the safety of the scooters works, and the customer interface will be of a high quality," she said.
"Customers will be getting an incentive to park in preferred spaces, leave their e-scooters in an upright manner, with their helmets, and they'll also be penalised if they leave it in inappropriate places or if they leave the geo-fenced areas.There are also concerns regarding electric scooters of all varieties regarding the impeding of movement of those with disability restrictions.
If you’re a wheelchair user, or a blind person, indeed a human being, I predict these two wheeled electric scooters, will become very annoying. They seem to be abandoned, in the middle of the pavement, everywhere I go. I saw three from the station to my hotel. #disability pic.twitter.com/7UyeRCpben— Simon Minty (@simonminty) August 4, 2019
Similar concerns are raised about the provision of bicycles such as the yellow ride-share bicycles which were distributed throughout Australia. In Melbourne, they ended up in rivers as pedestrians frustrated with them being left in the middle of footpaths threw them into the Yarra. Others were found in trees.
This is how you park an #obike #melbourne #seriously https://t.co/9ZjzpRbtEu pic.twitter.com/cgkiO2UlZO— NinjaZu (@ninjahzu) September 16, 2017
In China, the development of the ride-share bicycles also led to massive increase in their production followed by a massive dip in their distribution and usage meaning there are now piles of them being unused in China.
So, a product has been designed to solve a problem.
- What problem is being solved?
- What solution has been provided?
- How was the solution implemented?
- What are some of the biggest issues regarding this solution and what hasn't been considered?
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