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I like the idea of ride sharing but the problem comes when it's abused to the extreme. It's not out of the ordinary for someone to order 3-4 Lyfts on the weeken
by almost_usual 8y ago
I like the idea of ride sharing but the problem comes when it's abused to the extreme. It's not out of the ordinary for someone to order 3-4 Lyfts on the weekend in a single evening. That is a ton of unnecessary driving to hang out or fulfill the social obligations people have. I sometimes wonder what San Francisco was like before ride sharing. I imagine people would just pick a neighborhood and hang out there.
- mandelbrotwurst 8y agoIs it possible that the benefit of people being more easily able to travel around town outweighs the cost of the extra traffic?
- almost_usual 8y agoYeah, I don't know. I'm only stating that I can see how Lyft and Uber could generate more traffic due to convenience.
- mandelbrotwurst 8y agoMe neither =) Your hypothesis is a good one imo.
- almost_usual 8y agoI mean, I'm definitely guilty of it. I've tried giving up ride-sharing for a bit and the social situations you get into are awkward. People usually don't understand and get frustrated. If I ride the bus to meet someone for dinner and I get there everything will start fine. What eventually happens after dinner is that person will invite me to some other place and they'll want to get there as soon as possible. Responding with "oh, I'm trying only use public transit so I'll meet you in a bit" causes a bit of friction. It's normal to expect people to be somewhere in a certain amount of time now because of ride sharing. The convenience of it is almost like texting. "Why aren't you here yet? Can't you just Uber or Lyft?" / "Why haven't you responded to my text? Why don't you have your phone on you?"
- mandelbrotwurst 8y agoYup, makes sense, that's a good analogy. I've had similar experiences w/ both ride share and cell / smart phones.
- Spooky23 8y agoOr get drunk, maim and kill people.
- almost_usual 8y agoThis is definitely a thing in more rural places. I'm not sure if the DD stats within urban areas have changed with the introduction of ride sharing. Would be interesting to look up.
- Spivak 8y agoPeople chose a DD and then drove -- I mean it's not like we need a historian to remember back that far.
- almost_usual 8y agoI have a hard time believing a designated driver would be willing to go to 3-4 different neighborhoods in a night and then be willing to drive everyone to their own home. Who knows, maybe I'm just selfish. I also wonder if people used to go out on dates and not drink in that scenario? Or would only one person drink? Double dates? Hrmmm.
- astura 8y agoIt's been my observation that, unfortunately, much more often people just drove drunk instead.