Two ofo bikes were locked with chains without permission in a hutong near Art Museum Back Street, Beijing. We learn that there have already been cases where suspects are arrested for locking shared bikes with private locks. According to a lawyer, locking shared bikes with private locks constitutes the infringement of shared bike platforms’ property rights. Based on the Law on Public Security Administration Punishments, suspects can be charged for theft and held under j2开奖直播istrative detention.

　　Besides locking shared bikes with private locks, some people would even bring shared bikes back home and park them in private space. Employees at a car wash parked two ofo bikes inside the facility for convenience sake.

　　Two pupils were trying to unlock an ofo bike near Chaoyang Road, Beijing. “Sometimes, we can unlock an ofo bike simply by pushing the lock a little bit; there are even no locks sometimes,” they told TMTpost. As long as they can find ofo bikes that are not locked, they can take a fee ride. However, according to China’s traffic safety regulations, children under the age of twelve are forbidden to ride bikes on the road. Although children under the age of twelve can’t register through online bike-sharing APPs, it’s far from enough to prevent such behaviors. Imagine the huge safety hazard out there.

　　It was Gome Restaurant Street. An adult was riding a Mobike with his kid sitting in the basket.

　　It was the evening rush hour of February 22nd, 2017. Chaoyangmen, Beijing. To fetch her kid, a mother let the kid ride an ofo bike, while she walked closely beside him. Recently, online bike-sharing platforms have teamed up with municipal or local education, communication bureaus and started to regulate improper behaviors such as letting kids under the age of twelve ride shared bikes or sit in the basket.

　　A piece ofad, promoting illegal credit card cash out service, was stuck onto aMobike’s basket support plate. At present, no online bike-sharing platform has found a steady business model and profit point. Some analysts believethat bike body ads may be the most obvious profit point, while others believe that a gigantic amount of big data gathered through users’ day-to-day usage is of the highest value and should be further exploited to provide other services.

　　Random parking has always been a major challenge for online bike-sharing platforms. A Mobike was parked inside the green belt area near Qingnian Road, Beijing.

　　An ofo bike was parked inside the green belt area near Laiguangying Subway Station.

　　It was the morning rush hour of January 10th 2017. D Exit, Qingnianlu Subway Station, Beijing. White-collar workers would ride shared bikes to the exit and left these bikes on the walkway. Some bikes were even parked on the side road.

　　It was the morning rush hour of January 10th 2017. D Exit, Qingnianlu Subway Station, Beijing. A caretaker was throwing Mobike and ofo bikes away from the entry of the parking lot. “Why are there people who park bikes as they wish and never care if they will affect other people?” she complained.