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Posted: 14:38 - 22 Sep 2017 Post subject: Re: Uber lost London licence |
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I suspect the black cab drivers will be behind some of this pressure, as will the treasury, who saw UBER as another Ebay way of working without paying tax. ____________________ TZR250 2MA road, TZR250 1KT road, TZR250 2MA race, TDR250, YZF-750R Boost colours.
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Tracer1234 wrote: | Just adds to the growing list of cities around the world banning them. |
https://metro.co.uk/2017/09/22/which-countries-and-cities-is-uber-banned-in-as-transport-for-london-strips-its-licence-6948205/
Dunno how comprehensive that list is but it's interesting.
chris-red wrote: | Uber is great, it is usually ~1/3 of the cost of a black cab.
I have gotten from Shoreditch at 3am to Hornchurch (16 miles) for ~£25. A Black cab would be ~£90
The cars are always modern and comfortable and the drivers polite friendly and smart. You always hear that uber are bad to work for. I normally chat to the drivers and often ask if they like working for Uber. The vast majority say exactly the same thing, they love it because they can work when they want and spend more time with their kids. The ones that were mini cabbies all say they earn more from Uber than they did with traditional mini-cabbing.
I reckon I've had about ~30 uber trips. In that time I've had 1 'bad' driver. He couldn't maintain speed was always off and on and made me feel ill, still I'd rather have gone on that trip than pay for the best Black cabbie in the world.
The only reason Uber is experiencing fight back is because of the RMT, it WILL put cabbies out of business, because it is a better service for less money.
IMO Black cabs are a relic, Uber is better in EVERY way for the punter. |
The people I've heard complaining about (working for) Uber all sounded like they wanted a steady job, which begs the question why don't they get a steady job
I agree about cabbies but I should state I have a burning hatred for them, for various reasons. Uber drivers never seem to know where they're going, but don't seem to be entitled c**ts like cabbies. It's a case of competition, this doesn't benefit customers, or the (40k?) Uber drivers. It's kinda crazy they can in essence put that many people out of work.
Probably a good time to buy a Prius though. |
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The main sticky points for TFL to suspend the license are:
- Its approach to reporting serious criminal offences.
- Its approach to how medical certificates are obtained.
- Its approach to how Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks are obtained (that is the new check for criminal records and such)
- Its approach to explaining the use of Greyball in London software that could be used to block regulatory bodies from gaining full access to the app and prevent officials from undertaking regulatory or law enforcement duties. ____________________ A por ellos, que son pocos y cobardes. |
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Theyre infinitely cheaper than black cabs, which are a total rip-off (inb4 they dont get to set their price, TfL dictate it to them, dont care - still a rip-off).
Whip out your app, tap-tap and "your Uber will arrive in 3 minutes". You know exactly how much it will cost, where they are, how long it will take, what car to look for etc. Wheras every time Ive tried phoning a normal taxi company its normally "oh weve got nothing, sorry" or "yeah but theres a 45 minute wait for the next one".
As for actual genuine black cabs, I think Ive used one once out of sheer desperation and had to remortgage to pay for the privilege of using one. Black cabs seem to exist purely for the wealthy who dont want to bump shoulders with the unwashed masses on the Tube and can afford them, and tourists who will use them once for the novelty of it.
Never had a bad experience with Uber, decently priced, efficient, modern, and has the benefit of working anywhere, a few times on holiday Ive used my uber app and it works, no need to faff about with the local currency, trying to phone Pierre or Hans and explain in broken English where you want to go, or figure out the local moon money currency.
Theres a reason that enough people are using Uber to be a threat to Black Cabbies, because its better and cheaper. |
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Polarbear wrote: | Is that tech speak for weren't bribing TFL enough? |
GMB union backed Khan, Khan backs the blacks cabs, that is, and around and around the trough slops the socialist swill.
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Signed It's funny Sadiq's saying blame Uber, when people are saying they like the service? |
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Clearly you have little grasp of the actual facts regarding life on planet hellkat.
Or are just being facetious.
Let me guess which one
Oh!
Both!
No surprise there, then.
The fact is that I work solely for Addison Lee at present. I do anywhere from 7-14 hours a day for them (on an average of 4 days a week). It keeps me busy enough to not need/have time to do anything else "on the sly", as you so poetically put it.
And besides, I like my sleep too much.
And in fact there are quite a few reasons why I am ambivalent about "the Ube" and their loss of the licence.
But I feel the heavy burden and relentless shame of a platinum medal in Olympic-level Teffing may be too much for my delicate plump white shoulders to bear.
So I have saved the three-flush-turd of a post that I have written (so far) until later.
I might chop it up with the brush first before trying to flush again...
Or I might just go to work. ____________________ Not nearly as interesting in real life. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 257 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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