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Maybe now they can start complying with New York law.

partycoder 8y ago
In Japan, citizens will punish you if you don't respect their law (e.g.: by not using your service). One of the reasons of why Uber had a hard time in there initially.
- repomies6999 8y ago
  Hmm, I used uber in japan when I was traveling there and it worked quite well. What kind of problems were they having?
  - gkanai 8y ago
    Uber has not been successful in Japan for many reasons. 1) the public transportation system is excellent. 2) the taxis are ubiquitous in the major metro areas. 3) the taxi companies have worked together to compete against Uber Japan successfully (Japan Taxi app, etc.)
    - dahdum 8y ago
      Taxis in Japan had already solved the problems that pushed me towards Uber/Lyft in the first place. Credit card readers work properly, virtually every payment method is accepted, the drivers use GPS, availability was good (for my use case), and they are polite. It's hard to get public support of law breaking when your solution is just incrementally better than the existing system.
    - Grue3 8y ago
      When I tried using Uber in Tokyo, I was only able to call a licensed taxi through the app, which was incredibly expensive. The one time I actually needed a taxi (in a tiny town in Tohoku) I had to walk around hoping to physically hail one (getting a SIM card that can make phone calls is apparently very difficult in Japan, so I didn't have one).
      - CaptainZapp 8y ago
        A pocket WiFi and Skype-Out resolved the issue for me.
humanrebar 8y ago
New York doesn't enforce double parking, jaywalking, and other "good neighbor" and safety laws. Why is this one special?
- JumpCrisscross 8y ago
  > New York doesn't enforce double parking, jaywalking, and other "good neighbor" and safety laws I am not disturbed by double parkers or jaywalkers. I was disturbed by unit 4F and 7B's weekly round of "drunk Europeans screaming in the hallway at 3AM".
  - humanrebar 8y ago
    I've seen people almost die due to double parking clogging up the street. I'm sure accidents do happen from that.
- bradleyjg 8y ago
  Interesting that the two “good neighbor” laws you picked mainly impact drivers. Perhaps the answer to your question is that almost all New Yorkers (city) are living in multiple dwelling buildings but only a smallish minority are regular drivers.
  - humanrebar 8y ago
    They also impact pedestrians. I've seen pedestrians almost hit due to double parking in NYC. Sometimes they are also jaywalking, but sometimes there's a crosswalk or intersection and the double parking is hurting visibility.
    - bradleyjg 8y ago
      That’s a good point. I wonder if that’s been considered as part of vision zero.

In Japan, citizens will punish you if you don't respect their law (e.g.: by not using your service). One of the reasons of why Uber had a hard time in there initially.

repomies6999 8y ago
Hmm, I used uber in japan when I was traveling there and it worked quite well. What kind of problems were they having?
- gkanai 8y ago
  Uber has not been successful in Japan for many reasons. 1) the public transportation system is excellent. 2) the taxis are ubiquitous in the major metro areas. 3) the taxi companies have worked together to compete against Uber Japan successfully (Japan Taxi app, etc.)
  - dahdum 8y ago
    Taxis in Japan had already solved the problems that pushed me towards Uber/Lyft in the first place. Credit card readers work properly, virtually every payment method is accepted, the drivers use GPS, availability was good (for my use case), and they are polite. It's hard to get public support of law breaking when your solution is just incrementally better than the existing system.
  - Grue3 8y ago
    When I tried using Uber in Tokyo, I was only able to call a licensed taxi through the app, which was incredibly expensive. The one time I actually needed a taxi (in a tiny town in Tohoku) I had to walk around hoping to physically hail one (getting a SIM card that can make phone calls is apparently very difficult in Japan, so I didn't have one).
    - CaptainZapp 8y ago
      A pocket WiFi and Skype-Out resolved the issue for me.

humanrebar 8y ago

New York doesn't enforce double parking, jaywalking, and other "good neighbor" and safety laws. Why is this one special?

JumpCrisscross 8y ago
> New York doesn't enforce double parking, jaywalking, and other "good neighbor" and safety laws I am not disturbed by double parkers or jaywalkers. I was disturbed by unit 4F and 7B's weekly round of "drunk Europeans screaming in the hallway at 3AM".
- humanrebar 8y ago
  I've seen people almost die due to double parking clogging up the street. I'm sure accidents do happen from that.
bradleyjg 8y ago
Interesting that the two “good neighbor” laws you picked mainly impact drivers. Perhaps the answer to your question is that almost all New Yorkers (city) are living in multiple dwelling buildings but only a smallish minority are regular drivers.
- humanrebar 8y ago
  They also impact pedestrians. I've seen pedestrians almost hit due to double parking in NYC. Sometimes they are also jaywalking, but sometimes there's a crosswalk or intersection and the double parking is hurting visibility.
  - bradleyjg 8y ago
    That’s a good point. I wonder if that’s been considered as part of vision zero.