Lime issues safety warning after viral London bike jousting video
Bike rental company Lime has reminded users that its vehicles are not meant for jousting after a video of two men in London gained millions of views.
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The bike rental company Lime has issued a safety statement reminding customers that its vehicles are not meant for jousting. Fox News reported that the statement was prompted by a viral video showing two men jousting on Lime bikes in front of a large crowd in London. [1]
The video of the incident in the United Kingdom circulated widely online and accumulated millions of views. Fox News reported that the popularity of the footage forced the company public relations team to publicly address the improper use of their rental fleet. [1]
Lime, officially registered as Neutron Holdings, Inc., is an American transportation company headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm operates dockless electric scooters, electric bikes, and electric mopeds across more than 200 cities in nearly 30 countries. [2]
Users locate and unlock the dockless vehicles through a smartphone application that uses GPS tracking to show available bikes nearby. [2]
In short
- A viral video showed two men jousting on Lime bikes in front of a crowd in London.
- The video accumulated millions of views online, prompting a safety statement from Lime.
- Lime confirmed that its rental bikes are not intended to be used for jousting.
- Lime is an American firm based in San Francisco that operates electric bikes in more than 200 cities globally.
Sources
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- [1]Bike rental company Lime says people are not supposed to use their bikes for joustingFox News, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
Background
- [2]Lime (transportation company) on Wikipedia
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