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Texasgal

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12. Rickshaws are not motorized.

Reply to Starry Messenger (Reply #10)

Thu Sep 25, 2014, 09:07 PM

Sep 2014

They are dudes on bicycles that ferry people around town. The safe ride home is sponsored by MADD which may or may not have all these regs that you speak of. Alot of church groups participate in this as well.

I guess my big issue is that this regulation will go too far. The cab industry is huge... why not allow uber or lyft to cooperate with insurance? I'm okay with legality... but I fear that that the regs will go too far.

Please do not say that I am a libertarian because I am not... with this issue I just feel differently.

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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