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Egnever

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7. Cause they all wave them around when they have them

Reply to scscholar (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 04:40 PM

Feb 2016

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Uber failed to prioritize safety complaint on Kalamazoo shooter before rampage [View all] Eugene Feb 2016 OP

Never heard of a taxi driver with a gun scscholar Feb 2016 #1

I never carried a gun when I was driving taxi FrodosPet Feb 2016 #4

Cause they all wave them around when they have them Egnever Feb 2016 #7

�ber accepts zero responsibility and protects no one. They facilitate unregulated gypsy cabs NightWatcher Feb 2016 #2

Apparently regulation for workers and customers is losing ground even on a liberal board kcr Feb 2016 #36

�Remember we�re doing 3 million rides a day. How do you prioritize that feedback and how do you Brickbat Feb 2016 #3

This is the first I've heard about a phone call setting him off. surrealAmerican Feb 2016 #5

Either a failed relationship or financial set back. Always the same shit. bettyellen Feb 2016 #11

Telefon AngryAmish Feb 2016 #15

He went to an apartment building looking for someone named Mazie, then shot a woman 3 times gollygee Feb 2016 #37

I've never taken an Uber, and I surely won't now. kcr Feb 2016 #6

Love em. Use them all the time. TampaAnimusVortex Feb 2016 #13

Good for you n/t kcr Feb 2016 #14

Given that the people using the service were not the actual ones shot... ScreamingMeemie Feb 2016 #16

Good for the uber users who weren't shot, then? kcr Feb 2016 #18

No. Life is dangerous then. No matter who you choose to drive you around. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2016 #19

Okay. Carry on with your life of getting into cars with strangers. Have fun n/t kcr Feb 2016 #20

Okay! ScreamingMeemie Feb 2016 #23

20 years ago, a mass murderer went back to his job driving a taxi afterwards JPZenger Feb 2016 #8

sounds like he kept his 2 jobs separate... lame54 Feb 2016 #10

Except that taxi companies must do criminal background checks gratuitous Feb 2016 #12

Yep. Uber is just an app for hitch-hiking. kcr Feb 2016 #17

Love his excuse... lame54 Feb 2016 #9

Because Im sure taxis have never driver driven erratically before Travis_0004 Feb 2016 #32

I think we also need to focus on the fact that the Kalamzoo police were alerted. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2016 #21

if that is true it is the much bigger issue JI7 Feb 2016 #24

It is true... ScreamingMeemie Feb 2016 #25

Some have thought so for more than a quarter century -- Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #35

can't erratic driving be violent ? it's a safety issue at least JI7 Feb 2016 #22

i don't see how it makes a difference Enrique Feb 2016 #26

They should have called the cops on him and given the license number flamingdem Feb 2016 #28

How come the passenger didnt call the police Travis_0004 Feb 2016 #33

Like I said, he didn't have the license number, he had the phone number of the driver though flamingdem Feb 2016 #34

It shows their lack of attention to safety kcr Feb 2016 #29

Uber doesn't give any kind of phone number, so they save money but cannot flamingdem Feb 2016 #27

Does Uber even have an urgent response type of plan in place? MerryBlooms Feb 2016 #30

A passenger's girlfriend DID dial 911, and the call was not ScreamingMeemie Feb 2016 #31