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This paper is devoted to the analysis of legal problems arising in connection with the use of personal mobility equipment (SIM), provided for rent through digital platforms (kicksharing). At the center of the study is a conflict related to the qualification of the location of the electric scooter after the lease is completed: is it just a parked vehicle or is it a non-stationary rental point. The author analyzes individual clauses of standard rental agreements, using the example of the Yrent service to illustrate the user's responsibilities for the correct parking of the SIM at the end of the trip. The article analyzes the extensive judicial practice of arbitration courts. As a result, the author comes to the conclusion that the current legislation is significantly lagging behind the development of technology and notes a tendency towards a change in the legal paradigm: a shared electric scooter is no longer recognized as a “rental point”.