LESS REGULATION......
Business was good today for Uber drivers
“they shut down traffic”
Ya know, it wasn’t bad enough you don’t do the cab job well and effectively.
But now you even have to make travel worse for the rest of us not calling for a ride.
I have been using Uber recently with little complaint.
They’re just (individually) pissed that it wasn’t their idea and making a difficult time (collectively) for the people who had a great idea and made it work.
I have driven both, in the “lucrative” SF market, and do not recommend driving for Uber or Lyft unless you go in with both eyes open. They lie to their drivers and cheat them. I know that a lot of regulation is bad and stupid but not all regulation is.
You should see what some of these Lyft/Uber guys post on the driver groups. As opposed to taxi drivers. There is no screening; you can drive without any background check at all just by pretending to be your cousin; and some of these guys are BAD NEWS. Buyer beware.
Yes taxi drivers can be bad, too. But there are good systems in place to keep that to a minimum
As a driver I am far better protected from abuse, injury, and death in the taxi industry than in an Uber.
Do it if you want, as a passenger or driver, but don’t think Uber and Lyft are great capitalists and taxis are socialists. Both notions are untrue; many of the regulations make good sense; keep in mind that MANY of our passengers are frail, elderly, just released from hospital, CHILDREN, and drunk. . . very vulnerable people.
I won’t let my minor girls use Uber or Lyft.
Prediction: Cities will start requiring cab driver certifications which include ‘safety’ training...CPR, defensive driving, whatever...with classes offered by the local Union at an inflated price, except for a large discount for union members. And, of course, they will classify Uber as a ‘cab’.
Its funny how many of these Uber Lyft drivers are unemployed or retired Americans who need money. But for some reason the taxi industry is controlled by foreigners from the Third World-—who we are told are doing the jobs Americans won’t do and enriching our nation with diversity.