Denver police have issued only nine citations for improper scooter usage since they hit the city in 2018.
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Hinds' ideas include implementing a fine structure to crack down on violations like sidewalk riding. But rather than pulling over and issuing citations to individual riders, he suggests fining the e-scooter vendors that operate in the city, Lime and Lyft. In addition to creating a fine system, Hinds is looking into potential limitations on where people can ride and park e-scooters., the councilman is considering technological enforcement. For example, automatically slowing or stopping scooters when they get onto a sidewalk, as they do when scooters enter the 16th Street Mall or McGregor Square. Similar technology could require scooter rides to only end in certain areas so that parked scooters do not block sidewalks and streets, he says.
"A lot of people are getting significantly harmed by scooters every day," says Hinds, who is paralyzed from the chest down from a collision with a car while riding his bike."These contracts are five years long, we're already in year three. ...It seems crazy that we still haven't done anything. At some point, we have to listen to what the people of Denver want, and that's some additional guardrails around scooters.
"Several laws have been put in place to help ensure people, including the riders, are safe," says Jay Casillas, spokesperson for the Denver Police Department."The Denver Police Department works to ensure the safety of everyone who lives, works or plays in Denver. ...Officers have issued citations to some of these violators."
Of the nine reports, seven included the scooters crashing with vehicles and two were for careless/reckless driving without additional details provided.
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