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> The driver was prohibited, by law, from kicking the passenger out mid-trip That would really surprise me. And he certainly could have declined the subsequent

> The driver was prohibited, by law, from kicking the passenger out mid-trip That would really surprise me. And he certainly could have declined the subsequent hailings.

Jtsummers 10y ago
Indeed, that doesn't make sense. You're witnessing probable criminal activity, and aiding it by providing the ride which could make you an accomplice once you were aware of the activity. What law could possibly prohibit you from reporting this or leaving the passenger behind? EDIT: Looking it up I'm not finding anything except stories of Uber drivers kicking people out mid-ride. Perhaps a particular municipality has a more specific regulation? There are lots of reasons to kick passengers out, and criminal activity is #1 (perhaps tied with "they're about to puke/piss in my car because they're so wasted").
- crispyambulance 10y ago
  Because by the time "law" enters into the picture, the driver will have been booted by Uber, the thief will have been released from jail and already started on his next stack of credit cards and being driven by another Uber driver.
  - Jtsummers 10y ago
    There is still no law that mandates you must be an accomplice to a criminal or that you cannot boot passengers out. Reading Uber driver stories, it seems kicking out passengers isn't too uncommon. Yeah, it's a hit, but most of them said you need to contact Uber immediately to explain the situation (with mixed results). Personally, I'd rather do that than drive a criminal around to commit crimes (including defrauding my employer).
    - crispyambulance 10y ago
      An accomplice is somebody who participates knowingly in a criminal activity. Minding one's business and not making baseless assumptions about whether an uncanny stack of credit cards implies a crook doesn't rise anywhere near being "an accomplice".
callalex 10y ago
Uber drivers are severely punished for not accepting a hail
- manarth 10y ago
  I presume this is punished by Uber, rather than any regulatory body?
  - chx 10y ago
    Well, yes but as long as people don't boycott one of the most evil of companies what does that matter to the driver? You have a company which builds its entire business on ignoring some legislation (namely, taxi legislation) in every market it enters and yet y'all are supporting it with money. What would remain of society if every company would just pick which laws they don't like? Not to mention Uber pushing for indentured servitude. Just how evil a company needs to be before people stop supporting it with their money? And, with all this destruction wrought they are not profitable, not even close.

> The driver was prohibited, by law, from kicking the passenger out mid-trip That would really surprise me. And he certainly could have declined the subsequent hailings.

Jtsummers 10y ago

Indeed, that doesn't make sense. You're witnessing probable criminal activity, and aiding it by providing the ride which could make you an accomplice once you were aware of the activity. What law could possibly prohibit you from reporting this or leaving the passenger behind? EDIT: Looking it up I'm not finding anything except stories of Uber drivers kicking people out mid-ride. Perhaps a particular municipality has a more specific regulation? There are lots of reasons to kick passengers out, and criminal activity is #1 (perhaps tied with "they're about to puke/piss in my car because they're so wasted").

crispyambulance 10y ago
Because by the time "law" enters into the picture, the driver will have been booted by Uber, the thief will have been released from jail and already started on his next stack of credit cards and being driven by another Uber driver.
- Jtsummers 10y ago
  There is still no law that mandates you must be an accomplice to a criminal or that you cannot boot passengers out. Reading Uber driver stories, it seems kicking out passengers isn't too uncommon. Yeah, it's a hit, but most of them said you need to contact Uber immediately to explain the situation (with mixed results). Personally, I'd rather do that than drive a criminal around to commit crimes (including defrauding my employer).
  - crispyambulance 10y ago
    An accomplice is somebody who participates knowingly in a criminal activity. Minding one's business and not making baseless assumptions about whether an uncanny stack of credit cards implies a crook doesn't rise anywhere near being "an accomplice".

callalex 10y ago

Uber drivers are severely punished for not accepting a hail

manarth 10y ago
I presume this is punished by Uber, rather than any regulatory body?
- chx 10y ago
  Well, yes but as long as people don't boycott one of the most evil of companies what does that matter to the driver? You have a company which builds its entire business on ignoring some legislation (namely, taxi legislation) in every market it enters and yet y'all are supporting it with money. What would remain of society if every company would just pick which laws they don't like? Not to mention Uber pushing for indentured servitude. Just how evil a company needs to be before people stop supporting it with their money? And, with all this destruction wrought they are not profitable, not even close.