Kensington and Chelsea Council launched the crackdown at the start of last year. It said it had charged operators in excess of £210,000 for seizure, storage, and release fees for their e-bikes.
They can let it slide because they dgaf until someone starts fining them or indeed confiscating them. I hope the council doesn’t end up losing money on this.
It should however be easy to fine the operator precisely because users have to take photos. If someone has moved it into a hazardous place then great, you’ll be able to tell from the pic. If they didn’t, oops, fine to pay!
They can let it slide because they dgaf until someone starts fining them or indeed confiscating them. I hope the council doesn’t end up losing money on this.
It should however be easy to fine the operator precisely because users have to take photos. If someone has moved it into a hazardous place then great, you’ll be able to tell from the pic. If they didn’t, oops, fine to pay!
I suspect those apps can be tricked with old photos from when the bike was parked correctly, though.
Still the operator’s problem rather than the general public’s no?
You can program the app to only accept camera input and not saved pics. If the operator didn’t do that, that’s on them.