25-02-2019 23:41 via theverge.com

Lime warns riders about ‘sudden excessive braking’ due to firmware bug

Lime has issued a warning to riders about a firmware bug in the company’s electric scooters that can cause “sudden excessive braking” during use, via The Washington Post.
The bug tends to occurs when riding downhill at top speed
According to Lime, the bug occurs in “very rare cases,” usually when a rider is going downhill at top speed and hits a pothole or obstacle, the scooter will unexpectedly brake the front wheel, which has led to some riders being injured. Lim
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