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There is a growing ecological problem with e-scooters ending up under water, especially in city rivers. If the ride sharing companies was liable for this and had to pay commercial divers to pick them up, the result would be identical to a ban of rental e-scooters.

We used to have a similar problem with people dumping cars, but those are now very traceable and owners will get heavily fined if they leave a car in the water.