I live in Europe. I once completely crashed one, along with myself, due to a huge pothole. Even though it’s totally obvious what happened based on speed data alone, they never reached out to me about it.
Should be noted it was fully functional, just probably scratched, maybe the handlebar slightly misaligned.
I’m in Finland. We have pedestrian/bike paths that sometimes go under roads. Over here the underpass tunnels sometimes get flooded in the heavy rains.
In the Plague Years, I was on an app scoot when it was raining, noticed the underpass had water up to my ankles, so I said “YOLOoooo” out loud and pushed through. Even though the official app scoot company policy at the time was Will You Please Not Do That.
Hey, the scoot was completely fine! Received no complaints! You see, fleet vehicles like these are pretty sturdy compared to retail models. A little bit of water? No problem. I assume the scoots they have to fish out of the river, or find from under the snow banks when they melt in the spring, may have some mechanical problems, yeah.
True, they are quite durable. And it makes perfect sense. Otherwise the companies would have to spend considerably more on repairs or replacements, and potentially go out of business. Though sometimes people overestimate this sturdiness (or more likely just don’t care). In Romania, or at least in Bucharest, it’s quite common to find rental scooters thrown in the river. Not sure if they’re able to survive it.
I live in Europe. I once completely crashed one, along with myself, due to a huge pothole. Even though it’s totally obvious what happened based on speed data alone, they never reached out to me about it.
Should be noted it was fully functional, just probably scratched, maybe the handlebar slightly misaligned.
I’m in Finland. We have pedestrian/bike paths that sometimes go under roads. Over here the underpass tunnels sometimes get flooded in the heavy rains.
In the Plague Years, I was on an app scoot when it was raining, noticed the underpass had water up to my ankles, so I said “YOLOoooo” out loud and pushed through. Even though the official app scoot company policy at the time was Will You Please Not Do That.
Hey, the scoot was completely fine! Received no complaints! You see, fleet vehicles like these are pretty sturdy compared to retail models. A little bit of water? No problem. I assume the scoots they have to fish out of the river, or find from under the snow banks when they melt in the spring, may have some mechanical problems, yeah.
True, they are quite durable. And it makes perfect sense. Otherwise the companies would have to spend considerably more on repairs or replacements, and potentially go out of business. Though sometimes people overestimate this sturdiness (or more likely just don’t care). In Romania, or at least in Bucharest, it’s quite common to find rental scooters thrown in the river. Not sure if they’re able to survive it.
Those scooters exist in Romania? I would’ve thought they’d get stolen on Day 1, scrapped for parts and sold online lol.
Impressive stuff no doubt, well done mate. And how did the scooter fare?
It disappeared into the pothole
Oof, a cryin shame, no one down there is even goin to find it useful.