So even though the story (and the embedded stories) are Uber related, what stops them from being associated with any personal transportation service? I'm just curious if there is something in place that would more liberally deter such behavior with like a classic cab service.
So even though the story (and the embedded stories) are Uber related, what stops them from being associated with any personal transportation service? I'm just curious if there is something in place that would more liberally deter such behavior with like a classic cab service.
Anyone with a car can just become an Uber driver instantly. To legally drive a yellow cab in NYC you have to go through a lot of red tape. Some of it is bullshit, some of it is real. In London, it's the best. If someone drives an official cab in London, you know they are legit.
Regular taxis are regulated. They have to carry a high level of insurance. Their cars have to be inspected. They have rules about being required to accept fares even if they don't like the destinations. Stuff like that.
Regulated taxis just don't want to have to provide modern convenience, and since nothing could compete with them, they're in the stone age in most places.
Uber was a twofold stroke of:
1. Ignoring the regulations: fuck drivers and people 2. Web site and phone app
I might just start using Flywheel more. My girlfriend actually prefers to use it but I just usually use Uber because there is more shit around and Seattle doesn't really seem to have the issues that plague other areas. But Flywheel, as far as I can tell, is mostly just an overlay for the cab system. So you're still hiring cabs, it just gives you the convenience of using a phone app.
I've tried Lyft once or twice, but since they're not willing to operate in a country quite as blatantly illegally as Uber, they've not put in here.
That said, I'm still quite wary of the idea - Uber's doing the same thing, scroll back in the thread for my thoughts on that - but even though I don't really trust any of them to not be shitty about it, I trust Lyft the most of the ones I don't trust to not fuck people over. Primarily because Lyft seems to do a pretty okay job of doing right by their drivers and passengers in most cases. Not perfect, but reasonably acceptable.
They also recently got dinged for shenanigans with lobbyists and trying to force laws, and only got hit with a 2K fine, which for Uber is "get the secretary to pay it out of petty cash" kind of stuff.
All told, pretty weak response though. They say that it's a lot of search error, like the letters r-a-p-e appearing in that order bringing up any report that includes the letter sequence "Rape" in any context - they claimed that only five "meet Uber’s standard of an actual incident related to a trip". They do not disclose what that standard entails, and this would not be the first time they've tried to shuffle as much blame as possible.
Also worth noting, within the same information leaked to Buzzfeed is a directive to, as part of the reporting process, determine the risk of Media or police interest before escalating the issue to someone higher up the ladder.
But, since this is bad PR, good news - expect delivery puppies, or free icecream, or some other such thing ready to order through your uber app in the coming weeks.
And the hits from the CSR leak keep coming - Buzzfeed publishes long-form article detailing chaos, broken regulations, fucking over employees, a "Hunger games like" mad scramble of backstabbing and negotiation to get resources to do their jobs, complete mishandling of tickets ranging from the hilarious(filing a driver complaint about a customer throwing up in their cab under "Lost Items") to the unspeakably horrible(categorizing drivers sexually harassing passengers to level 2, non-urgent no-damage tickets, the same category as small fare errors), employees in fear of their jobs and being fired for the slightest reason, quietly offshoring jobs, bribing state officials, and much, much more.
In the UK I believe it's indeed slang for the popo. But yeah its origin was with the US and means exclusively federal law enforcement and more specifically the FBI.
In the UK I believe it's indeed slang for the popo. But yeah its origin was with the US and means exclusively federal law enforcement and more specifically the FBI.
The Fuzz is a little bit more dated. Depending on who you are talking to its; the filth, the pigs, old bill, the rozzers or the good old fashioned Copper.
In the UK I believe it's indeed slang for the popo. But yeah its origin was with the US and means exclusively federal law enforcement and more specifically the FBI.
The Fuzz is a little bit more dated. Depending on who you are talking to its; the filth, the pigs, old bill, the rozzers or the good old fashioned Copper.
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Regulated taxis just don't want to have to provide modern convenience, and since nothing could compete with them, they're in the stone age in most places.
Uber was a twofold stroke of:
1. Ignoring the regulations: fuck drivers and people
2. Web site and phone app
GM has invested $500 million in Lyft. I'm curious to see where this goes.
That said, I'm still quite wary of the idea - Uber's doing the same thing, scroll back in the thread for my thoughts on that - but even though I don't really trust any of them to not be shitty about it, I trust Lyft the most of the ones I don't trust to not fuck people over. Primarily because Lyft seems to do a pretty okay job of doing right by their drivers and passengers in most cases. Not perfect, but reasonably acceptable.
Really? That's all?
Uber responds.
All told, pretty weak response though. They say that it's a lot of search error, like the letters r-a-p-e appearing in that order bringing up any report that includes the letter sequence "Rape" in any context - they claimed that only five "meet Uber’s standard of an actual incident related to a trip". They do not disclose what that standard entails, and this would not be the first time they've tried to shuffle as much blame as possible.
Also worth noting, within the same information leaked to Buzzfeed is a directive to, as part of the reporting process, determine the risk of Media or police interest before escalating the issue to someone higher up the ladder.
But, since this is bad PR, good news - expect delivery puppies, or free icecream, or some other such thing ready to order through your uber app in the coming weeks.
https://transparencyreport.uber.com/
Do you even read the stuff you post?
And they've also been ordered to pay ten million over fake airport tolls, false and misleading claims about their background checks. If they're caught doing either again, they will be required to pay a further 15 million.