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Uber/Lyft Looking to Shut Down in California Tomorrow

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  • doogie
    doogie Member Posts: 15,072
    from Experts?
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  • WestlinnDuck
    WestlinnDuck Member Posts: 17,669 Standard Supporter
    CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:

    Someone already mentioned the DUI aspect but I’d love to see a before & after study looking at the impact of Uber/Lyft on DUIs. This is so dumb that only liberals could think of it.

    I do know that when Austin banned ride services they had a material increase in DUIs. Taxis just can't handle random trips. They are fine if you are at the airport and want to go downtown or home. But being in a bar and trying to get a taxi is not easy.
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  • Goduckies
    Goduckies Member Posts: 8,004 Standard Supporter
    5% reduction on average. I was surprised it wasn't more, but drunk people are idiots. The worst part is the people who don't plan ahead. In SF every Friday and Saturday night I drove past several accidents while ubering. A cabbie was actually killed from a head on when a drunk got on the wrong direction of the freeway. I love driving especially picking up a van full of 6 hot women(that was the best perk of the job) but I am glad not to now. Was worried I would get taken out by an idiot.
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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,137 Standard Supporter
    The Throbber refuses to take a side until Allah and @Yousef_#1UberDriver weigh in.
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  • Fire_Marshall_Bill
    Fire_Marshall_Bill Member Posts: 25,697 Standard Supporter
    Uber drivers are on the hook for all maintenance, insurance, gas, and repair costs. After deductions, they don't make a lot. There's always outliers. We're talking averages.

    I'm sure municipalities and states want more revenue at times like these, but it doesn't change the fact Uber screws them.
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  • UW_Doog_Bot
    UW_Doog_Bot Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 18,219 Founders Club
    Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

    Uber drivers are on the hook for all maintenance, insurance, gas, and repair costs. After deductions, they don't make a lot. There's always outliers. We're talking averages.

    I'm sure municipalities and states want more revenue at times like these, but it doesn't change the fact Uber screws them.

    And they are free not to work for Uber.
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  • WestlinnDuck
    WestlinnDuck Member Posts: 17,669 Standard Supporter
    Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

    Uber drivers are on the hook for all maintenance, insurance, gas, and repair costs. After deductions, they don't make a lot. There's always outliers. We're talking averages.

    I'm sure municipalities and states want more revenue at times like these, but it doesn't change the fact Uber screws them.

    The ultimate liberal view of the working man. The fact that the actual drivers don't want to be treated as employees is to be ignored because the leftard elites know what is best for the working man. The actual drivers clearly don't know what is best for them. Toss in the fact that the leftard law makers that passed AB5 don't give a sh*t about the private sector workers.
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