BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Some people’s acai bowl and burger deliveries might have been slightly delayed recently, as the 6th Precinct has been seizing unregistered scooters.
On April 17, the Greenwich Village precinct posted a photo on its Twitter page of around eight gas-powered scooters that its officers had seized.
Unregistered gas powered mopeds and other unregistered two wheel vehicles will be confiscated. Riding them illegally and dangerously has consequences. Members of the community want to be safe when traveling in the #WestVillage #NYC pic.twitter.com/3Sh7ZruCdt
— NYPD 6th Precinct (@NYPD6Pct) April 17, 2024
“We’re going to continue to enforce the rules and regulations as related to scooters,” Captain Jason Zeikel, the precinct’s commander, said. “It can be challenging at times to make these seizures because they can zip through traffic faster than we can. We got these vehicles while they were all stopped.”
Under New York law, gas-powered mopeds must be registered and insured. Electric-powered scooters, though, do not have to be registered.
Zeikel and others have noted that, when scofflaw scooters or other micro-mobility vehicles are whizzing down the street at high speed, it can be dangerous for police to try to chase them.
Why not just enforce the traffic laws?
Every car that’s being driven around our neighborhood with a fake paper Georgia license plate is also unregistered.
Recently noticed more people on e-bikes/mopeds, etc doing what seems to be Instacart shopping and delivery.
People who have mobility or medical issues or are homebound need delivery — but local stores always did that.
But lots of delivery going to young healthy wealthy….