Beam E Scooters. How To Get Them Removed From Footpath.

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#3277376 31-Aug-2024 13:18

I have heard that you can get a replacement circuit board for them from aliexpress quite cheaply. I have not looked into that as I have no use for one tho.

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#3277381 31-Aug-2024 13:36

alasta: Personally, I would love to see them banned completely. Paris has already done it.

Well if you want a predetermined outcome here's how it was done.

" in April 2023 the city’s mayor, Anne Hidalgo, decided to hold a referendum giving residents a simple yes/no choice around the future of shared e-scooters.

Ninety percent voted in favour of a ban but with a turnout of just 7.5 percent."

"There was an obligation to pre-register to vote, even before the information campaign began, limiting participation.

The electorate had to turn out in person – with no digital or proxy votes – excluding some people due to mobility challenges or for being away at the time.

Only one polling station was opened in each of Paris’s districts, which led to lengthy queues, lasting hours and testing voters’ patience."

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#3277382 31-Aug-2024 13:57

Eva888:

kiwiharry: Wellington City Council has also temporarily suspended Beam's licence as of midnight tonight.

OMG I feel guilty did I help instigate this.

Maybe if they were properly policed and riders got an automatic parking fine when they are left lying across a footpath causing ACC claims. The onus should be on the driver to park them safely. That’s not always easy in hilly, high wind Wellington.

Also if they were picked up within a half day of their being used and not left for weeks in the suburbs.

I personally hate them after narrowly escaping being knocked over by a speeding one on a footpath but I do feel sympathy for the young ones that use them as a method of moving around. It’s a case of you can’t please all of the people all of the time.

The company is being investigated for irregularities by different NZ councils.

You didn't do anything wrong.

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#3277391 31-Aug-2024 14:45

“This is why we can’t have nice things.”

You're not on Atlantis anymore, Duncan Idaho.

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#3277501 31-Aug-2024 16:48

Eva888:

Two of the purple Beam scooters are parked on both sides of the street on the footpaths. Have been there obstructing people walking for over a week now and very dangerous as not lit. Rang them but only an answer phone.

I suspect some angry person may soon push them down a cliff.

How does one get rid of them.

Let's find plenty of angry people willing to do some pushing.

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#3281832 13-Sep-2024 18:39

Permaban as of midnight tonight.

https://wellington.govt.nz/news-and-events/news-and-information/our-wellington/2024/09/beam-contract-cancelled

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#3281875 13-Sep-2024 20:12

Good riddance. Does that mean they will all disappear from footpaths, or will someone else come in to fill the gap?

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#3281892 13-Sep-2024 20:43

Council officers will now consider options for next steps for e-scooter provision in Wellington City between now and the next tender round for licences in March 2026.

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#3281910 13-Sep-2024 21:51

I won't missed these footpath lice in the slightest if the ban the whole lot of them. I was walking down the front steps of a building just the other day when a scooterer came whizzing past. If I'd been just a few steps ahead I'd have been collected in a nasty collision. The scooterer then rode out into the intersection with no regard for the lights and nearly got collected himself by a car that was turning on a green light. Cue slamming of brakes and honking etc. The scooterer was probably a metre from being hit but he just stared at the driver as if to say "What's the fuss?"

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#3282093 14-Sep-2024 13:02

Second-hand ex-rental Beam Scooters now for sale in Auckland & Wellington: https://www.beamsolo.nz/products/buy-outright

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#3282095 14-Sep-2024 13:25

Journeyman:

I won't missed these footpath lice in the slightest if the ban the whole lot of them. I was walking down the front steps of a building just the other day when a scooterer came whizzing past. If I'd been just a few steps ahead I'd have been collected in a nasty collision. The scooterer then rode out into the intersection with no regard for the lights and nearly got collected himself by a car that was turning on a green light. Cue slamming of brakes and honking etc. The scooterer was probably a metre from being hit but he just stared at the driver as if to say "What's the fuss?"

And the poor old taxpayer gets to pick up the tab when these morons end up spending days in hospital and weeks on ACC.

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