Comment Re:a question that will not be answered (Score 1) 79
Yes, and Uber explicitly states that it is up to the driver to remain compliant. Drivers aren't Uber employees, they're independent contractors.
Yes, and Uber explicitly states that it is up to the driver to remain compliant. Drivers aren't Uber employees, they're independent contractors.
> The near-universal complaint is the star rating system. For those who don't know: Uber requires drivers maintain a FOUR AND A HALF STAR RATING or they're "fired."
That's not unique to Uber, that's pretty much for any service industry based job.
> And a follow up, with your drivers providing transport for a fee, when will Ãoeber require the drivers to be licensed appropriately ?
They already do.
> When a regular driver uses their car for a transportation service, regular insurance doesn't cover an accident. Does über care ?
Uber Black+ already require a commercial license and commercial insurance
> When will über become a legitimate business and require the appropriate licensing and insurance from their drivers ?
Uber isn't a transportation business. Uber connects drivers with passengers. The driver is responsible for licensing and insurance.
> Uber is a scam that circumvents legality for short term profit. Is uber a pump and dump scam that never intends to be legal ?
Do you work for Yellow Cab?
> Do you intent to ever actually obey the local laws with your taxi services or just keep trying to find loopholes to hide in?
Uber requires a commercial license for Uber Black and above.
> Suppose a bunch of thugs (you know who I mean) are in my house, and I need to call the police?
You mean the emergency call button that is on every recent smartphone?
Still waiting on decent 3/4G speeds here in the US.
Who the heck is that?
IOW: Some group nobody has heard of, throttled the FCCs connection speed to a site they'll never visit.
Doesn't this happen every time they come out with a major update?
> He got two, the third strangled him. So three people dead, one in jail for life (I hope)
It still would have happened, but the only death would have been his.
NC State has received nearly 800 applications for 85 seats. Its acceptance rate is now at 12.5%. Northwestern University's Master of Science in Analytics received 600 applications for 30 openings its September class. That's an acceptance rate of 6%
Try Med School. You might have 100 or more applicants per seat.
The sample size of total number of Tesla's is still considerably smaller then ICE vehicles.
Sounds like you're part of those hippies if you think they leave no trace.
How about reading a real report about the impact.
I think you were saying something about "Know what you're talking about before posting"
> meaning that letting people just drive off over the desert will tear up the earth (and damage the ecosystem there) and allow people to try to jump on to the road anywhere they please
As if Burning Man itself hasn't done enough of that already?
Uber doesn't bill itself as ridesharing, and Uber drivers are licensed car for hires.
> Sounds like, after doing a quick 15 minutes of research that Uber, Lyft and their kin don't really care to play by the established regulations for for-hire drivers.
False.
Machines have less problems. I'd like to be a machine. -- Andy Warhol