Skututic firms do not control the new age limit, found out in the HS experiment
Electric kicks|As a result of the law change that came into force on Tuesday, people under the age of 15 are no longer allowed to drive on electric kicks. The HS test revealed that the age of the tenant would not be much controlled.
The abstract is made by artificial intelligence and checked by man.
Helsingin Sanomat tested how companies renting electric kicks are monitoring the new 15 -year age limit.
Of the five companies in Helsinki, only one in his application asked the user’s age before the first rental.
For four companies, the age limit for scouting is 18 years, one 15 years.
In applications, age limits are easy to ignore or rotate and the age of the user is not confirmed.
Only One of the companies renting electric kicks in Helsinki asked for the new user’s age in the HS test.
With the change in the Road Traffic Act, which entered into force on Tuesday, people under 15 years of age are no longer allowed to drive on electric kicks, ie scutches.
If a police officer is stopped by the police under the age of 15, his or her parents may receive a € 60 traffic charge. The fee also threatens to hand over the Skuut he rented under the age of 15.
A company that renting a scout can also receive a 60 euro traffic fee if you rent a board for the 15-year-old.
Hs He tested how the age limit is monitored in the applications needed to rent scouts. It turned out that hardly any.
There are several companies offering rental boards in Helsinki.
In Helsinki work town’s According to five rental companies: Bird, Bolt, Ryde, Dott (formerly known as a tier) and butter.
HS registered on Tuesday evening as a user of all five applications. Only Bolt asked the user’s age before the first scout.
In the Bolt application, the age limit for renting an electric kickboard is 18 years. If you announced your age, the board could not be rented.
However, the age limit is obviously easy to reach. HS tested the matter with another username, and the adulthood was not confirmed in any way in addition to the user’s own notification.
Bolt was the only application that asked for a renter of an electric kickboard to tell his age.
In others In applications, age was not specifically asked. The user only had to accept the applications for the application, which described the age limits.
In addition to Bolt, Bird, Dott and can tell you that only those over 18 are allowed to drive on electric kicks.
According to the terms of the RYDE, the user must be at least 15 years old.
Age limits are described in applications in very different ways.
May resembled about the age limit of 18 years immediately after registration. In addition, a separate window popped up in the application, which reported a new 15 -year age limit defined by law, which may result in consequences.
Oh, was the only scouting company that had taken into account a recent law change on Tuesday evening.
« I am 18+ and I agree to Bird Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy, », in turn, indicated Bird immediately in the application opening view before registering. One click was enough to insure the adulthood.
Dott also required the approval of the terms of use when registering, but the application did not specifically mention the age limit. It will be found from the terms of useif they bother to open open and can browse far enough. However, reading the terms of use is easy to ignore.
Ryde has hidden age limit like dott like to the terms and conditionswhich do not even need to be actively accepted.
Before the first trip, the application reminded, for example, that only one person should be driven on the board at a time, not to drive when drunk, and that the helmet should be used. There was no mention of the new age limit. Digging it from the application’s shades required more clicks.
Before the first ride, Ryde reminded of compliance with the rules, but not about the age limit.
If Age limits do not care, they are easy to ignore or rotate.
Applications are registered with either a phone number, an email address or a combination thereof. The payment method is a debit card that may be obtained with the consent of the guardian.
No other information is asked and there are no systems in the applications to strengthen the user’s age.
The same was said by HS in May The young people interviewed, some of whom had not even heard about the age limits of the applications.
