Lime scooters at LAX
In a little over 24 hours I'll be landing at LAX from an international flight and have 5 hours to fill before my connecting domestic flight. I'd like to get out and see some local shops, particularly REI which is 4.5 miles away. I think a Lime scooter (other brands too, that's the only one we have here in Auckland) would be the best way to go. Are un-docked e-scooters available in LAX and can I legal ride one on the footpath with no helmet?
clarification I am not suggesting riding a scooter inside the terminal. I am talking about finding where they might be parked outside so that I can get to and from some shops 4.5 miles away.
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No airport in the US in their right mind is going to allow un-docked scooters to be left lying around their property.
Look at it from the TSA security point of view - dropping a scooter off is tantamount to leaving a suspicious package (full of wires and batteries to boot) lying in the middle of a vulnerable location. And even if you had docked scooters, there is no way to validate that a scooter brought into the airport has not been tampered with. So again that won't fly.
The TSA is very nervous when it comes to security, so anything that could even appear to compromise that stance is not allowed (even if those policies are full on cray-cray at times).
That being said, an airport such as LAX is not really a suitable location for scooters in the first place (and I know LAX from many trips there). You have thousands of people in a rush to get from ground transportation to gates or from gate to gate, and a large number carrying large amounts of luggage with them. And did I mentions the stairs? None of that would suit itty bitty scooters which nominally only support riders under 200lbs (and the average weight of adults in the US is 180lbs - but I swear that there must be a lot of skinny people in the US hiding in the woodwork)
So forget the scooter and do what everyone else in LA seems to do - use a car or a bus.
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The terminal area explicitly bans them and it's very likely because of that there won't be any outside. As this is conjecture, I am not putting this as an answer. Make sure your travel/health insurance is up to date first... Be careful with electronic scooters.How much is a Lime scooter in LA?
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