[mschuster91]

e-scooters are usually classified as vehicles. Stealing them in an organized fashion to part them out can net you a GTA charge.

Besides, why would you want to steal them? You can grab new ones for a couple hundred dollars. Not worth the risk.

[majormajor]

https://scootertalk.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=962&start=40

This was already all over the internet 4 years ago when Lime/Bird got started and were using off the shelf vehicles.

AFAIK, somehow going after scooter thefts in cities that often already had a grumpy relationship with them for GTA never really happened. And come on, there's a LOT of people for whom "a couple hundred dollars" is a plenty big enough score. Why would anyone steal a bike in that case either?

[simfree]

eBikes certainly aren't classed as vehicles in the US, and no one cares when they are stolen.

Given how little prosecution there is around bike theft, I doubt any police department or prosecutor is interested in spending the resources to prosecute the theft of an even cheaper mobility device.

[monksy]

They're classified as vehicles. Bikes themselves are also classified as vehicles and belong on the road

[simfree]

Depends on your locality, biking on sidewalks and trails is perfectly legal here: https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/projects-and-programs...