ElCid Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Uber and Lyft halt service in Austin, Texas, after voters embrace background-check rules... "Under the rules, drivers must undergo fingerprint-based background checks by Feb. 1, 2017. Uber and Lyft prefer name-based checks. The city's ordinance also prohibits drivers from stopping in traffic lanes for passenger drop-offs and pickups, requires "trade dress" to identify vehicles for hire and imposes a variety of data reporting requirements. In Iowa on Monday, Gov. Terry Branstad signed a bill into law that creates new statewide rules for ride-hailing companies to do business there. The law establishes a regulatory system that will require liability insurance for vehicles, add name-based background checks for drivers and change licensing expectations. State regulators would also have the authority to ensure compliance...." http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-tn-uber-lyft-suspension-austin-20160509-snap-story.html About time. Link to post Share on other sites
Kid Dabb Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 When you say Uber out loud, you must pronounce it like Arnold Schwarzenegger would. Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted May 11, 2016 Author Share Posted May 11, 2016 "Drivers who worked for ride-hailing service Uber [UBER.UL] in California and Massachusetts over the past seven years would have been entitled to an estimated $730 million in expense reimbursements had they been employees rather than contractors, according to court documents made public on Monday... Uber and smaller rival Lyft are attempting to settle legal actions by drivers who contend they should be classified as employees and therefore entitled to reimbursement for expenses, including gasoline and vehicle maintenance. Drivers currently pay those costs themselves...." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/uber-drivers-owed-730-million-more-if-employees-according-to-court-documents_us_5730fe0fe4b016f37896bc1b?link_id=8&can_id=be080fd9496cb4c4e68676d89e10f3b9&source=email-todays-headlines-jobs-with-justice-51016&email_referrer=todays-headlines-jobs-with-justice-51016&email_subject=todays-headlines-jobs-with-justice-51016 Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted May 15, 2016 Author Share Posted May 15, 2016 I loved Uber as a passenger. Then I started working as a driver.... http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-vahtel-rider-turned-uber-driver-20160516-story.html nothing horrible, just one drivers experience... Link to post Share on other sites
jamesjazzguitar Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 I loved Uber as a passenger. Then I started working as a driver.... nothing horrible, just one drivers experience... Just read the article since I get the L.A. Times. I'm surprised that in uber liberal CA there are not more laws providing some type of protection to so called independent contractors. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted May 1, 2018 Author Share Posted May 1, 2018 ProPublicaVerified account @ProPublica 2h2 hours ago There is no publicly available data for the number of sexual assaults by Uber drivers or for drivers of other rideshare companies. CNN found at least 103 Uber drivers who have been accused of sexually assaulting or abusing passengers in the past 4 years: http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/30/technology/uber-driver-sexual-assault/index.html 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jamesjazzguitar Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 11 hours ago, mr6666 said: ProPublicaVerified account @ProPublica 2h2 hours ago There is no publicly available data for the number of sexual assaults by Uber drivers or for drivers of other rideshare companies. CNN found at least 103 Uber drivers who have been accused of sexually assaulting or abusing passengers in the past 4 years: http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/30/technology/uber-driver-sexual-assault/index.html 103??? Unless this is put into some type of context it just another rather meaningless number. Also, CNN is using a classic statistical gimmick by combining something very bad (sexual assault), with something not so bad (abusing passengers). E.g. say 100 of these 103 were just for abusing passengers. What is needed is actual journalism: What percentage of Uber rides over the past 4 years involved some type of sexually assault? What percentage of Uber rides over the past 4 years involved some type of abuse of passengers? (and 'abuse' needs to be defined). Comparable stats with taxi services. Link to post Share on other sites
hamradio Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Police: Backup driver in fatal Uber crash was distracted http://abc7news.com/automotive/police-backup-driver-in-fatal-uber-crash-was-distracted/3637353/ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/report-uber-driver-streaming-voice-123216910.html Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted May 8, 2019 Author Share Posted May 8, 2019 NPRVerified account @NPR 9h9 hours ago Uber and Lyft drivers in many U.S. cities plan to strike today to draw attention to what they say are decreasing wages for drivers and a distressing lack of job security. Link to post Share on other sites
ElCid Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 18 hours ago, mr6666 said: NPRVerified account @NPR 9h9 hours ago Uber and Lyft drivers in many U.S. cities plan to strike today to draw attention to what they say are decreasing wages for drivers and a distressing lack of job security. It's part of the type job they signed up for. It was supposedly created for people to use their vehicles on a part-time basis to supplement their normal incomes not as a full-time job. That has long since past. We had an incident recently where a USC (the FIRST one) student mistakenly got into a car she thought was the Uber she had called. Couple of days later they found her body. Interviews with other Uber drivers revealed that they will routinely travel over 125 miles to be available for work during college athletic events, week-ends when partying is going on at large colleges, etc. I ran into a man at a car dealership about a year ago. He was getting a 50,000 mile service on his car although he had only had it a little over a year. He was a "full-time" Uber driver. Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted September 11, 2019 Author Share Posted September 11, 2019 The New York Times @nytimes · 1h Uber won’t comply with a new California law requiring contract workers to be reclassified as employees, saying drivers are not core to its business 3 Link to post Share on other sites
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