> Today’s startups are promoting their products by following the same playbook as cars: get them on the street, and figure out how to regulate them afterward.

> But cities are moving quicker this time. Austin and San Francisco have seized dozens of them. San Francisco has sent a cease and desist letter (paywall) to one company decrying the scooters as a “public nuisance” and “endangering public health and safety.”

Good. It's a shame that we weren't able to do the same with cars before they ruined North American cities.