Chinese Bike-Share Service Vows to Stop Child Riders After Death
Using the Ofo bike-sharing app to rent a bicycle in Shanghai.
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China’s bike-sharing companies face a new challenge following the accidental death of an 11-year-old boy in Shanghai: how to get under-aged kids off their brightly colored bicycles.
Beijing-based Ofo Inc. promised on Tuesday to find ways to prevent kids from accessing its service, after a child user died in a car accident on Sunday. Chinese law bans children under the age of 12 from riding bicycles on public roads.