SM Scooter Crackdown Results: Zero Tickets, Zero Impounds
Written by 991KBU on July 24, 2018
Turns out that big crackdown on electric scooters on the bike path in Santa Monica last week was a giant photo op … and not much more.
The Santa Monica Daily Press newspaper followed up … and found out that the highly visible effort to get electric scooters off the beach yielded zero tickets and zero impounded scooters,.
With the TV cameras invited … Santa Monica police stopped about 900 scooter riders last weekend.
300 scooters were tossed into the back of a truck.
Great video.
Turns out … the rental electric scooters were simply driven over to the Santa Monica city Yard.
That’s where the rental companies … Bird and Lime … we’re waiting to pick them up for free.
That’s despite the $60 impound fee that was approved by the city council.
The city police have been writing tickets for
riding the scooters while not wearing a helmet .
The fine there is $190.
