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The Lime electronic scooters were temporarily suspended in two cities in New Zealand after a technical problem that resulted in the blocking of the front wheel of some scooters, throwing the riders on the sidewalk.
Last week, Auckland City Council gave the company until noon Friday to present evidence that the scooters were safe, after some riders were seriously injured, such as jaws and clavicle fractures, following the dysfunction of the scooters.
Dean Kimpton, head of operations at the Auckland Council, said Mr. Lime had informed him of 155 "irregular braking" incidents, including 92 in Auckland and 30 wounded.
Lime scooters were launched in Auckland, the largest city in the country last October. Since then, the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) has recorded more than 1,200 injuries caused by runners across the country, the majority of them in Auckland, priced at NZ $ 566,000 to the taxpayer.
Kimpton, of Auckland's board, said the company did not rebadure the board that the scooters were safe and that a temporary suspension had been ordered.
"The safety of people using electronic scooters and those who share the environment with them is our number one priority," Kimpton said.
"While we appreciate the equipment that scooters offer as an innovative transportation solution, safety is not negotiable."
Auckland City Council has commissioned an independent examiner to badess the safety of Lime scooters. A report and a new decision on the suspension would be presented at the beginning of the week.
After Auckland's decision to shoot the scooters, the town of Dunedin on the South Island immediately followed suit. According to ACC data, 91 people were injured in limestone scooter accidents after their deployment in January.
Lime was contacted for comments, but told The New Zealand Herald that "less than a fraction of% of Lime's trips to New Zealand had been affected by the problem of unexpected brakes, and the company hoped to be of return to Auckland and Dunedin Streets soon.
"We have deployed a firmware update to address the wheel lock issue and found a significant reduction in the number of such incidents reported in New Zealand since the launch of the update," he said. Anthony Fleo, Regional Director General of APAC for LAC, paper.
A similar problem has arisen for some of the company's scooters in Switzerland, forcing them to retire their entire fleet earlier this year.
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