Stopping The Irresponsible Parking Of Hire Bikes
This sort of parking of bicycles is becoming a real curse in London.
I have problems outside my house and this morning a hire bike was blocking my entrance for my Ocado delivery.
I believe that as each hire of a bike is known in detail by the hire companies, so they can charge riders, illegal parking of these bikes could be easily enforced.
We would need a law that could be enforced.
Each bike would need to have a clearly-marked serial number and/or QR-Code.
If you see a bike illegally parked, anybody can take a photograph and note the bike’s serial number, which they can then send to a central office by text message, e-mail or even an app.
The central office would then assess if any offence had been committed and if it had, would inform the hire company.
The hire company would charge the hirer, if an offence had been committed and charge them a fee.
The fee could even be split three ways to the hire company, the local authority and the person, who reported the offence.
The Anonymous Widower 
Not sure the reporter should get anything as you’ve the unintended consequence of people moving safe bikes into nuisance positions to claim a reward
Comment by Jeff | October 18, 2025 |
Very often the ones that are parked in the middle of the pavement are ones that have been stolen for a ride.
Comment by tops | October 18, 2025 |
The Lime bikes are the worst culprit all across London something needs to be done about it.
Oh as an aside don’t overlook the electric scooters there becoming a menace as well
Comment by Nicholas Lewis | October 19, 2025 |