Special Bd. of Aldermen — 06-25-2019 Page 3
Alderman O’Brien
Being a State Rep we have had a couple of issues that come up with autonomous vehicles and everything and
one of the questions, like | know a gray hair older guy that probably would think this is going to be a lot of fun
you know what | mean and attempt to ride it. But the thing is, could you just briefly explain what liabilities your
company is accepting? Because this is different than a bicycle that already has existing State Laws and we
have municipal laws. So we are into something, though | have nothing wrong with the program, but | am
concerned with what happens, the inevitability, if something goes wrong and where does the liability come back
to?
Mr. Briggs It is part of our user agreement that those that choose to use our service do accept liability for their
actions. But that is where we spend these first few weeks really talking about safe ridership behavior, promoting
helmet use, to minimize as much of those incidents as possible.
Alderman O’Brien
Follow up? In your previous you know with other communities and everything, has there been any issues or
anything along the liability lines that has come back, particularly | am looking to protect the City of Nashua with
this endeavor.
Mr. Briggs Of course, of course. And we do have certain agreements with different communities requiring
insurance protections and things that we do maintain. We actually maintain double the minimum standard
coverage that the industry is promoting at this time. In case of some type of incident, something that hasn’t
been foreseen yet because this industry is so new, but we have not had any reported incidents yet.
Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja
Yes | have a couple of questions. First what are the age restrictions for using this?
Mr. Briggs According to our terms and conditions it is 18 and up.
Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja
OK. You made references to “agreed upon rules with the City”. Could you summarize those, | mean | don’t
believe I’ve seen a copy of those. So if you could flush that out a bit, what are the agreed upon rules. | am
asking because I’ve had several people comment to me about where these are going to be driven, how fast they
go and concerns not necessarily about people using your bikes. But people in general, not being aware of their
surroundings and zipping in and out. So just if you could summarize what your rules are.
Mr. Briggs Generally it more just maintaining the same posture that we have with the bikes and staying off the
sidewalks is some of our main messaging is what we have talked about. And with the City is just making sure
that these are operated away from pedestrians, again, just trying to minimize the potential for accidents and
such.
