Scooters behaving badly: Photos show the worst-parked scooters in San Francisco

Click through the gallery to see some of the worst offenders and hilarious parking jobs of scooters in San Francisco, as identified by social-media users. Click through the gallery to see some of the worst offenders and hilarious parking jobs of scooters in San Francisco, as identified by social-media users. Photo: @YaBoyJayBee415/Twitter Photo: @YaBoyJayBee415/Twitter Image 1 of / 39 Caption Close Scooters behaving badly: Photos show the worst-parked scooters in San Francisco 1 / 39 Back to Gallery

Motorized scooters have become the tech buses of 2018 – only far easier to throw in anger.

Introduced to San Francisco seemingly overnight by several startups last month, the scooters are being called a solution to car-clogged streets or dangerous illegal eyesores.

Critics of the app-powered scooters are mainly upset at the way riders are weaving around pedestrians and parking — in the middle of sidewalks, in front of buildings or even left on Muni. The words “flagrant disregard” were used by SF Public Works, which has impounded dozens of scooters recently.

Many people have taken to social media to complain about the scooters or post photos of the worst offenders, with one local group promoting the hashtag #scootersbehavingbadly. And others are responding to those photos with their own shots — of cars hogging crosswalks or piles of street trash they say are more deserving of outrage.

Despite a cease-and-desist letter from City Attorney Dennis Herrera ordering the likes of Lime, Bird, and Spin to stop doing business until they got their customers to wear helmets and park properly, the scooters are still being used.

The scooter wars may be resolved, as the tech buses were, with regulation. On Tuesday the Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance requiring a permit to park scooters on sidewalks. And for its part, Lime is now requiring riders to post a photo of where they park.

Take a spin through our gallery above for examples of scooter parking complaints, plus some defiant responses. Months from now, we may look at all this as a quaint reminder of the wild, wild days of unregulated scooters.

For now, perhaps both sides can agree with what Supervisor Aaron Peskin said: “I’m quite amazed at the brouhaha.”