Man Limes into harbour

Auckland’s Viaduct has been spiked with a Lime e-scooter after a daredevil was bet $1000 to ride one directly into the harbour.

Footage of the feat showed a shirtless man powering down a wharf before steering straight off the edge and plunging into the water metres below.

The video of the feat was posted on the stuntman’s Instagram page on Tuesday.

‘‘My friend paid me $1000 to do it,’’ he said.

The man, who would not give his full name, appeared to work in club promotions and as a host.

The video had been viewed more than 2000 times by yesterday morning.

A Lime spokeswoman said the behaviour in the video did not ‘‘reflect Lime’s rider community’’.

‘‘The majority of our riders respect Lime’s products because they love the service we provide,’’ she said.

According to Lime’s terms and conditions, if a scooter is vandalised, lost or broken, then the user who unlocked it is liable for up to US$1500 (NZ$2299).

Lime, a Californian company, launched in Auckland and Christchurch in October.

Its Auckland trial has recently been extended until the end of March. Upper and Lower Hutt got the e-scooters in mid-December and Dunedin welcomed the scooters in January.

The launch has not been without hiccups, including a fault that locks up the e-scooters’ wheels at speed. People have also reported broken bones and head injuries after falling from Limes.

ACC has paid out $200,000 for e-scooter-related injuries in the past few months.

The Government is also looking at law changes that would impose a 10kmh speed limit for the e-scooters.

The footpath speed limit is part of a package of law changes called Accessible Streets, which will likely go out for consultation early this year.

However, Transport Minister Phil Twyford told Auckland mayor Phil Goff a speed limit would not be effective unless it led to positive behavioural changes.

Twyford said he was not considering a law change to make helmets mandatory when riding the scooters.