Uber

[dutchfire]

sorry but i couldn't help but to notice this freudian slip.

My pun finding skills are not superb, but these are the car references I found:

I'm a bit directionless on this issue as well. Uber seems to be straddling the median on this one, between "bum a ride off a friend" and actual taxi service. I'd lean towards taxi though, just because money is involved. And it really isn't fare that Uber drivers skip all the red light bureaucracy that real taxis companies/drivers have to go through, which I assume are costly. Only serves to rubber it in.

Those regulations serve a purpose, not only with the safety of the driver, but liability as well. Uber has tread lightly on this, at least in my opinion. The cases of rape in India seemed to have been muffled, and with a simple rating system how can Uber catch people who will abuse the service beforehand?

Now that I think about it, I think I side with the taxis on this one. It's a two way street, and Uber needs to shoulder the same burden of regulation other taxis do. Fender-bending the rules to their own liking by keeping their actual global-position vague is just asking for trouble, and runs-over the laws put in place. I mean, there is a reason for those laws right, they weren't hatched out of nowhere? If this continues down the same road as it is, I think the chance it will explode in Uber's face will increase, as someone is going to abuse it and the public will feel threatened. By not accepting regulation now, Uber is going to get scrapped in the future.

 

[Browd]

You missed "straddling the median" and "shoulder" and (perhaps) "global-position".

 

[Hygro]

sorry but i couldn't help but to notice this freudian slip.

It wasn't a slip, and that wasn't the only pun treasure in there

 

[madviking]

...now i feel inadequate

 

[Hygro]

You missed "straddling the median" and "shoulder" and (perhaps) "global-position".

And more still

 

[Commodore]

What do you guys think of this:

I have been conversing with some fellow Uber drivers in other cities that have been taking some pretty stiff action against Uber drivers. City officials have been ordering the police to use the app to attract drivers and then issue them citations when they arrive for operating illegal taxi cabs. In response Uber has been telling drivers to continue accepting fares and to send the tickets to them and they will pay them for the drivers.

Now I have no evidence beyond rumors from fellow Uber drivers that they are doing this, so I cannot confirm the validity of these claims. If this is true however, Uber is basically telling city governments they are going to continue to operate whether they approve of it or not.

 

[Zelig]

Basically the same as companies that let you expense speeding tickets if you're driving on company time.

 

[Commodore]

Basically the same as companies that let you expense speeding tickets if you're driving on company time.

Do you think if Uber continues to grow and taxi lobbyists and unions become more vocal in their protests, city governments will enact stiffer penalties for being an Uber driver if issuing citations doesn't seem to slow them down?

 

[Smote]

Is it legal for companies to pay people to engage in criminal activity? That's kinda strange.