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LeftyMom

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9. The apps book rides at airports where they're not permitted

Reply to Texasgal (Reply #5)

Thu Sep 25, 2014, 08:50 PM

Sep 2014

the drivers are on the hook for a very expensive ticket if they get busted. The companies know damn well they dont have airport contracts. They can afford to pursue them, but why bother when they can shift yet another expense to their drivers?

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S.F., L.A. threaten Uber, Lyft, Sidecar with legal action [View all] Starry Messenger Sep 2014 OP

They'll have to pry my Uber app from my cold, dead, hands KeepItReal Sep 2014 #1

Well, I'm not sure how it will work with no Uber cars on the other end. Starry Messenger Sep 2014 #2

We'll see how far the regulations and litigation goes KeepItReal Sep 2014 #21

Good. They're not following the law on things like insurance, LeftyMom Sep 2014 #3

I just read that Lyft drivers just got a pay cut. Starry Messenger Sep 2014 #4

Uber keeps cutting driver pay. LeftyMom Sep 2014 #7

Did they both just go public or something? Starry Messenger Sep 2014 #11

They're both moving that direction, and Uber says Lyft wants to buy them. LeftyMom Sep 2014 #15

Same thing is happening here in Austin. Texasgal Sep 2014 #5

That does suck for the drivers. Starry Messenger Sep 2014 #6

The deal is that Uber and Lfyt Texasgal Sep 2014 #8

Well, it's illegal and the companies aren't following safety regs. Starry Messenger Sep 2014 #10

Rickshaws are not motorized. Texasgal Sep 2014 #12

I don't think you're a libertarian. :) Starry Messenger Sep 2014 #14

The regulations are reasonable and both companies can certainly afford them. LeftyMom Sep 2014 #16

Uber is sometimes cheaper ... and maybe not ... kwassa Sep 2014 #13

The apps book rides at airports where they're not permitted LeftyMom Sep 2014 #9

The Uber software won't let a non-commercial driver make a drop-off at SFO KeepItReal Sep 2014 #17

SFPD wrote a lot of tickets to make that happen. LeftyMom Sep 2014 #18

They should and will keep writing those tickets KeepItReal Sep 2014 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author KeepItReal Sep 2014 #19