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Actually it seems like black car regulations designed for protecting taxi. There's a law there that requires a driver to drive back to their "base" before picki
by viscanti 11y ago
Actually it seems like black car regulations designed for protecting taxi. There's a law there that requires a driver to drive back to their "base" before picking up again. That means the Uber drivers often need to spend an extra hour of driving for each trip, where taxis don't. Regulations like that don't do anything for safety, they exist only to protect an entrenched industry. They aren't being beaten by competition, they're being beaten by suspect regulation.
- detaro 11y agoThat's why Uber later tried to hire regular Taxi drivers. And yes, the regulations exist to protect the taxis from competition, but in turn taxis have rules they have to follow. E.g. they are not allowed to turn you down if they don't like where you are going, because they are considered part of the local transport infrastructure that has to be available. Since they have to take "bad" jobs, they get some protection from others taking only the profitable ones.
- Mithaldu 11y agoThat is very interesting to know, especially since i always ask taxi drivers if they're ok with taking me where i want to go. Aside from a simple "yes", the only other answer i've gotten so far was "i don't care, thanks to the phone apps i can get rides anywhere and will likely be able to get a passenger for at least part of the way back".