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Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Southern Californians are tossing electric scooters into ocean, burning them

Some residents in southern California who've had enough of the electric scooter craze are reportedly resorting to vandalism in an effort to vent their frustrations.

The Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday that workers at Santa Monica Beach and Venice have seen these scooters tossed into the ocean and trash cans. One police officer in Venice, Calif., said his officers have seen them stacked 10 feet high, but these cases are not being called in.

“If we have to prioritize the allocation of our time and resources, first and foremost we’re going to prioritize the preservation of life,” Lt. Michael Soliman told the paper. “Protection of property comes second.”

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http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/08/13/southern-californians-are-tossing-electric-scooters-into-ocean-burning-them-report.html

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Damn that's funny right there! The sad thing is Jake day will still bring this crap to salisbury even though it's a proven failure

Anonymous said...

Already happened here with the rent-a-bike scam, people tossed them in to ponds and stuff... Only a matter of time for when SBY gets scooters or electric bikes or scooters... Its all to waste money...

Anonymous said...

“If we have to prioritize the allocation of our time and resources, first and foremost we’re going to prioritize the preservation of life,”

On the shore the priority is to catch people crossing the line with untaxed cigarettes.

Anonymous said...

LIBERALS contribution to Global warming HYPOCRITICAL MUCH.

Anonymous said...

Will the SPD dive team jump into da Ireton clean River ? Meet think not.

Anonymous said...

Joe how about the 14 yo running for Vermont gov ?

Anonymous said...

Wow, it's pretty bad when even California thinks it's a bad idea!! LoL

Anonymous said...

I was recently in Durham,NC for a week. There are three major universities, Duke, UNC and Wake Forest within 15 miles of downtown Durham, along with several smaller colleges. There are three different scooter franchises attempting to operate in this market, Spin, Lime and I forget the other one. Anyway, there are hundreds of scooters parked downtown, near restaurants, apartment buildings and other places where one would expect to find them. However, there are at least a thousand in ditches, ponds, trash piles, woodlots and other places of abandonment. Salisbury, you have been warned!

Anonymous said...


Jake Day, call your office!

Anonymous said...

With no guard rail at the rivers edge downtown, there is little to say people are not able to "accidentally" walking them into the river.