Posted on 06/20/2015 9:44:39 AM PDT by BulletBobCo
NEW YORK Ride-hailing app company Uber says it is banning its riders and drivers from carrying guns.
Uber Technologies says it is banning firearms of any kind during rides arranged through the Uber platform, and drivers or riders who violate the rule may lose access to the platform. The rules also apply to Uber's affiliates.
The company says it changed its firearms policy on June 10 based on feedback from riders and drivers. Previously it had deferred to local law on the issue.
Competitor Lyft also has a "no weapons" policy. According to Lyft's website, if a driver or rider is found to have a weapon in a Lyft vehicle they'll be barred from the platform regardless of local laws on weapons possession.
It will probably be there on your next trip to the bank.
I am pretty much thinking the Antichrist will get control of the direct deposit / credit / debit card thing.
Cash will pretty much go away.
Of course, I didn’t invent that line of thinking.
This is going to bite them in the rear end on a different front.
They recently lost a court decision in CA, where UBER was trying to maintain the pious fiction that their drivers were independent contractors, not employees. This makes a huge difference with respect to benefits, tax withholding, etc. Employees are always more expensive.
They can appeal and even if they lose in CA, other states may have different results, but one sure-fire thing is that the more control they exercise over their drivers, the closer the drivers come to being employees in all states...
“but one sure-fire thing is that the more control they exercise over their drivers, the closer the drivers come to being employees in all states...”
Bingo!
5.56mm
Private business, the market will decide. Nothing stopping a competitor from offering similar service where guns are allowed. Or, how about where all drivers are required to carry?
Also, since Uber says the drivers are not employees but private contractors, should it not be up to the driver to make that decision? Have to check on the law to see who has the last say.
.... Sounds like a big era of carjacking is about to ascend upon this country.
Oh, I didn’t know that the drivers don’t take cash.
I’ll bet this is more closely related to legal liability than hoplophobia. Anything happens and they can declare their policy was violated. Not their fault.
...and will be ignored......
Methinks you’re right....they stepped outside the context of contractors with this steaming pile....
so true, and so funny - here we have a bunch of libs, start a company with a high tech software innovation and a conservative principle....and then not only do they get attacked by their own (the left in California - but they risk losing their entire business plan by cow towing to political correctness.
They gonna search every passenger?
The aholes at Uber and Lyft have just announced to every criminal in the world, “Hey! Come rob our drivers! They’re unarmed!”
Effing idiots.
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