PROBLEMS WITH E-SCOOTERS IN ALBUQUERQUE. RIDING E-SCOOTERS IS A GREAT WAY TO TRAVEL IN THE CITY, BUT SOME RESIDENTS ARE STEALING OR DAMAGING THE SCOOTERS NOW. ONE MAN REPEATEDLY SMASHED A SCOOTER WITH A ROCK BEFORE BEING ARRESTED BY ABQ POLICE. OTHER PEOPLE ARE STEALING THEM. AND ONE WOMAN, LILY ROMERO OF BELEN, DROVE ONE OF THE SCOOTERS WHILE DRUNK, GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION ON A DOWNTOWN STREET. SHE TOO WAS ARRESTED.
CITY COUNCILOR PAT DAVIS SAYS IF POLICE SEE YOU BREAKING THE LAW WITH THE E-SCOOTERS, YOU’LL BE ARRESTED. DAVIS ALSO SAYS ALBUQUERQUE’S PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE SCOOTERS HAS SOME OF THE STRICTEST RULES IN THE U-S … AND THAT STARTS WITH THE 250 SCOOTERS IN THE CITY NOW.
