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The question of legality related solely to its use within London. There has never been an issue outside of London and I imagine that before Uber other taxi firm
by celticninja 11y ago
The question of legality related solely to its use within London. There has never been an issue outside of London and I imagine that before Uber other taxi firms used apps, it was just the threat to black cabs that brought this action.
- asadhaider 11y agoHere in Manchester, Uber operates the same as every other private hire taxi company and follows the same rules for their cars and drivers. The only difference is that they have no local office to take phone bookings, it's all done through the app. So there aren't any problems, they're just like every other private hire taxi company around here. I find it ridiculous reading about all the issues Uber have had in London and the black cab drivers pushing back so hard.
- dogma1138 11y agoDo Uber drivers in Manchester have that car service sticker? because in London allot of them don't which means they didn't register and didn't went through the criminal backround check.
- richthegeek 11y agoI've never seen any in Manchester without the sticker. Yellow rectangle with the name of the company (Uber, Street Cars, Kingsway. etc). I'm surprised there wasn't any more pushback from the entrenched firms here, as they've spent the last 10 years treating both the customers and drivers like absolute dirt.
- dogma1138 11y agoYou've actually seen Uber stickers? that's impressive, all the stickers I've seen when I've used Uber were of other companies and I've assumed the guy was just moonlighting or picking up additional fares.
- asadhaider 11y agoAll private hire drivers licensed by Manchester City Council, including Uber drivers, have to pass a DBS disclosure check[1]. [1] http://www.manchester.gov.uk/directory_record/72535/new_hackney_carriage_driver_application http://www.manchester.gov.uk/directory_record/72535/new_hack... As richthegeek said, all the private hire taxis here have a yellow rectangular sticker with the company name on it. There's strict limits set by the council for branding, car colour, car age, etc.
- dogma1138 11y agoI know that they have too, they also have to do so in London (And anywhere in the UK, or at least England & Wales I imagine), the question was does Uber enforces it on their end like any other car hiring service must.
- merah 11y agoThe title should maybe have specified (London, UK), rather than just (UK), my mistake.