All too often the taxi lobby has the ear of governmental entities, and
little by little these governmental entities are trying to force those
expensive and burdensome regulations on the ride share companies. Even
though Uber provides insurance for drivers and riders when a trip is taking
place. California requires that all drivers have a certain kind of insurance
of their own, thus making it more expensive for people to take on this kind
of work. There's even talk of making ride share drivers purchase the same
medallions that taxi owners must purchase. The intent is simple, to make it
so prohibitively expensive for them to operate that they'll just go away.
Andy
-----Original Message-----
From: Kelly Pierce
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2015 2:04 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Uber app
Because government in many places inserts itself in taxis too
frequently, artificial scarcity is created and prices are jacked up
way beyond what the marketplace wants to pay. Thanks to technology,
rideshare companies can connect drivers in their own personal vehicles
to riders without city Hall getting in the middle and making demands.
Freed from most of the burdensome regulations, the ride share
companies can offer their services for significantly less. If you
want the government trained drivers and government inspected cars
Marianne, then use a taxi by all means. for those of us who don't
need government to insert itself into every crevice of our lives, we
can engage in a private transaction with someone willing to accept our
money for a ride and pay significantly less.
Kelly
On 1/24/15, Andy Baracco <[email protected]> wrote:
The only difference is that taxis are generally regulated by an entity
such
as a taxi commission, and there are procedures that you can undertake if
there are issues such as discrimination because of your disability, or
because you have a service animal.
Andy
-----Original Message-----
From: Marianne Denning
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2015 8:16 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Uber app
All of these issues are the same if you call for a taxi also. People
with service dogs are, infrequently, refused service by a taxi driver.
On 1/24/15, SSEric <[email protected]> wrote:
Those are a whole lot of maybe’s…
Maybe the dog is unclean or not well behaved. Maybe the owner doesn’t
know
how to properly load the dog.
If a driver is dispatched, it is recorded and there will be questions if
he
doesn’t pick up a fare
Remember, though, these are private cars. Some are large and some are
small.
You are responsible for making sure your dog is a considerate guest.
Eric
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf
Of Cristóbal
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 7:26 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Uber app
Now that’s a different story. I haven’t had a guide in years, but you’re
always hearing about terrible experiences with folks and their dogs. Part
of
it has to do with the driver’s lack of knowledge having to do with
service
animals and regulations and sometimes they’re just jerks. Refusing to
pick
you up upon arrival, maybe they see you as they’re driving up and decide
to
keep on going. Give you lip and harass you about your dog during the
ride.
Maybe they’ll claim your dog did X, Y and Z in their car and try to stick
you with a cleaning charge, etc. That’s basically going to be more hit
and
miss.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf
Of rex wisdom
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 4:06 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Uber app
What kind of results has anyone had using uber that has a dog guide?
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf
Of Cristóbal
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 2:09 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Uber app
Probably not more risky than entrusting yourself to the services of a
regular taxi driver.
All in all my Uber/Lyft experiences have been fine. You get the
occasional
character, but nothing that would have made me feel uncomfortable. Then
again, I’m 6-2 and 240 pounds. So I can appreciate the concern of a woman
traveling by herself.
Remember, you can rate your driver and if you give them a low rating, you
won’t’ be pared with that driver again or at least that is how it’s
supposed
to work.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf
Of M.Nelson
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 11:45 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Uber app
Taxi service is terribly expensive here in Reno so I have been thinking
of
giving Uber a try. there have been some scattered reports of problems
because the drivers are not screened. Has anyone on the list had any
issues
like assaults or whatever? As a senior totally blind woman saving a
couple
of bucks is not worth taking unsafe rides. Is there any thing to these
rumors or am I just being overly cautious?
Marie
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