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Thread: Uber/Lyft v. Taxis/Cities
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03-08-2014, 11:42 AM #26
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03-09-2014, 02:48 AM #27
I'm on the fence because they provide a valuable service, but it seems like not just anyone should be able to be hired for their ability to drive.
The city I live in issues limited numbers of medallions. I'm not an expert, but a cab driver told me it's something like $100k to buy a medallion, after a 25 year wait? I'm not saying the money goes directly into their pensions. I'm saying that the money goes back to the city. At least, that was the attitude of the officer I spoke to."Yo!! Brentley! Ya wanna get faded before work?"
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03-10-2014, 08:38 PM #28
The driver who hit and killed the child is a friend of a friend of mine. He's not a fuck and he shouldn't burn in hell. He made a terrible mistake - lots of drivers (pros or not) make fatal mistakes daily.
I love that Uber drivers are a helluva lot safer than the SF taxi drivers I occasionally ride with and often have to fend off on my bicycle.
Surge pricing is painful, and a reason to find a regular cab, but seems pretty fair in concept. It made me not use Uber for a while, but now I understand the choice and can make an informed decision as to whether the cost is worth it to me.
When Uber first came out I felt bad for the cabbies. The behavior of the drivers and dispatchers I interact with has absolved me of any feelings of sympathy - what a bunch of whining dinosaurs.another Handsome Boy graduate
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03-10-2014, 09:14 PM #29Hugh Conway Guest
e? 1/3 of SF cabbies now drive for uber. Hence the whole "sharing" thing being bullshit. Like uber dicking over your friend by claiming they aren't responsible because he didn't have a fare, no?
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03-10-2014, 10:01 PM #30
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03-11-2014, 05:00 AM #31"Yo!! Brentley! Ya wanna get faded before work?"
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03-11-2014, 06:36 AM #32
If you figure operating cost at $0.50/mi, and you're paying a driver 25% of the fare, you have to take in fares at about $2 per loaded mile for your business to make $50 out of a really busy 10 hour shift (200 miles, roughly 40 rides). I never had a shift that busy, the best I was able to do in 10 hours was around 25 rides, 150 miles, $150 gross, making about $32 for the owner of the company over 10 hours.
If you're paying less than $2/mi, ask yourself what corners are being cut...tires, insurance, driver pay?
And if it's just going to be a free-for-all can I just buy some piece of shit $1000 old school bus and drive around the city bus routes charging people for rides? Can some guy with a cessna just start flying passengers around for money? Are we just going to go completely 3rd world now?Last edited by ill-advised strategy; 03-11-2014 at 02:43 PM. Reason: for clarity
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03-12-2014, 09:43 PM #33
Hey let's shut down municipal bus service as well, and replace with surge pricing private busses. It's ok, I've read my Ayn Rand so it'll work out fine.
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