Bike share irks cops?
2013-05-30 05:50:54.711278+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Guys, the NYPD doesn't want you to park anything worth more than $1200 on city streets from now on. http://pic.twitter.com/Z2dgcLmMIU
The picture is a newspaper clipping which reads:
High cost irks cops
Cops are not happy over the Citi Bikes' hefty price tags — saying that their inevitable thefts will drive up grand-larceny numbers.
Bike-share users whose shared rides get stolen are on the hook for $1,200, which the NYPD has to classify as a grand larceny.
"If one of them gets stolen or vandalized now we'll get stuck with a number for the grand larceny," sad one Manhattan cop. "You know it's going to happen. They are going to get stolen or vandalized."
The $1,200 figure is accurate since the bikes are specially made, with hidden cables and sturdy bolts and frames, to handle tough city roads, said bike-store owner Carlos Dell'Oroso.
I would love some better sourcing on that article, 'cause the possibilities for snark, smart-ass comments about stop-n-frisk, things like that, are legion, but...