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Also, some percentage of taxi drivers are racist. I've had tremendous difficulties hailing a cab, Uber removes this (and having to think about it).
by stevenmays 11y ago
Also, some percentage of taxi drivers are racist. I've had tremendous difficulties hailing a cab, Uber removes this (and having to think about it).
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- smackfu 11y agoIf you are a person-of-color, and the taxi picks you up, that driver isn't one of the racist ones.
- odonnellryan 11y agoThis is very illegal, and you can report the taxi's that pass you.
- prostoalex 11y agoWith no way to document the pickup request, can't the driver just claim he "didn't see" the raised hand?
- rokhayakebe 11y agoI guess you cannot claim to have not seen 15 people of the same color/race over the past 10 days.
- srj 11y agoI would think this is a one person's word against another's type scenario. I mean I have had cabs nearly run me over and didn't bother reporting because I have no idea how I'd prove it, and it's usually difficult to see the cab number as they drive off.
- odonnellryan 11y agoThe number is a problem for sure. But you should still report it. It is the volume of reports that are considered. Plus, you're calling a facility run by the city, not calling the taxi company.
- jvm 11y agoProblem solved! </sarcasm>
- SilasX 11y agoNormally I'd consider your comment unhelpful and downvote it. But discussions like this are loaded with people who assure us that certain ultra-common behavior "is illegal", as if that somehow settles it, so I'm going to tolerate otherwise content-free reminders that this is not true.
- jvm 11y agoYup, I feel pretty strongly about the point I was making and, to be honest, I think it did have content despite my sardonic delivery.
- odonnellryan 11y agoI replied above to this. I don't disagree with you, but I think the sentiment is misplaced.
- odonnellryan 11y agoWell, you should still report them. I see what you're saying. There are two fallacies at play: 1) same logic that people use to reason out of voting (it doesn't matter if I do x because it hasn't mattered before). 2) the logic that because it's illegal means it isn't permitted (which is, as you stated, not always true). I'm not sure if it truly matters if people report taxis. What I am sure about is it will never matter if no one cares to report them to begin with. This works for any system.
- SilasX 11y agoI think I (and those who agreed with me) failed to convey the subtext of our objection, which is: We don't care about illegality per se. We care about "not making the bad thing happen". If illegality accomplishes that, great! But if it doesn't, then it is non-responsive to our concerns to remind us that it does. It's like if you're going to friends talking about problems you encounter, and all they ever tell you is, "Well that's not supposed to happen". The process of enforcing the illegality puts a lot of burden on the customer, and your response recognizes that it requires people going far out of their way. In practice, a system that requires most individuals to make heroic sacrifices is the same as a system that just doesn't work.
- brianwawok 11y agoCan they see your name or profile picture when you hail? Or just your rating? I fear that racism tends to overcome technology ;(
- andrewpi 11y agoNo, they don't see that until they accept the hail.
- brianwawok 11y agoAwesome. And they can cancel after accepting, but only so many times I think? So that helps a bit!