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Unless they relocate all drivers to live outside the US they're going to have a slight problem, I think...
by corin_ 16y ago
Unless they relocate all drivers to live outside the US they're going to have a slight problem, I think...
- jrockway 16y agoThe drivers are already licensed. They can drive wherever they want to, and pick up whomever they want to. The specific legal problem that the article mentions is that operating the dispatching company is illegal.
- corin_ 16y agoPresumably these two issues would still exist: - Its cars don’t have insurance equivalent to taxis’ insurance. - Limos in U.S. cities usually have to prebook an hour in advance, by law
- uvdiv 16y agoThe overriding issue is that there is a taxi cartel and the city enforces its quotas: http://www.medallionholders.com/medallions.html http://www.medallionholders.com/medallions.html You can't just pay for insurance and be legal. You're not allowed to compete, period.
- jrockway 16y agoOK, fine, I guess. I propose the following revised business model for UberCab: Close up shop, return the money to the investors, and go on welfare instead. Nobody ever got rich without facing problems. UberCab can either fight the system, or they can do something else. For a site that caters to people interested in startups, there sure are a lot of defeatist comments here...