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From the general public in the area, no. But the car rental company to use GPS tracking to come make sure you are using the car in a way that they approve of,

From the general public in the area, no. But the car rental company to use GPS tracking to come make sure you are using the car in a way that they approve of, while you are paying them? Very creepy. It also doesn't sound like it would have mattered if these people WERE parked up on their own driveway..

seanmcdirmid 7y ago
If they were renting a car there is a very high chance that they didn’t have their own driveway anyways (detached house ownership is highly correlated with car ownership).
- kristopolous 7y ago
  Actually many did. Many of our users were living in households with more people than than cars. We had a program that allowed them to end the ride on their driveway so long as it was open for the public to do the same. We had hundreds of people opt in in the first week. Turned out to be a very popular program
walshemj 7y ago
But I suspect that the insurance doesn't cover using the vehicle as a gypsy cab.
- kirubakaran 7y ago
  > using the vehicle as a gypsy cab I'm sure you don't mean it like that, but fyi, "gypsy" is considered a racial slur. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_taxicab_operation#cite_note-8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_taxicab_operation#cite...
  - saxonslav 7y ago
    I'd usually say jokingly "what are you gonna do, call the police?" but that's an actual issue these days so whatever
    - PavlovsCat 7y ago
      Why not just "thanks, I didn't know that" ?
  - benj111 7y ago
    Is it? They're Romany Gypsies? Sure this usage may be offensive, but certain usages of Jew are probably offensive. Further, I assume pink gypsy potatoes and gypsy moth planes aren't racial slurs?
    - TomMarius 7y ago
      I live in a country that is full of them, and yes, it is.
      - sokoloff 7y ago
        The potatoes, the planes, or the people?
        TomMarius 7y ago
        We don't have these other words in our language so I don't know
        benj111 7y ago
        http://varieties.ahdb.org.uk/varieties/view/Pink%20Gypsy http://varieties.ahdb.org.uk/varieties/view/Pink%20Gypsy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.60_Moth https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.60_Moth
  - walshemj 7y ago
    It is the term used for illegal off the book cabs, and Gypsy is actually used by some Romany organisations. Shortening the name to(I wont repeat it) is a slur and possibly a slur depandant on how its used similar to the shortening of Pakistani is a slur but the full name isn't.
    - kirubakaran 7y ago
      I understand what you mean, but please see the link I posted in the comment you're replying to. Consensus on Wikipedia says otherwise. Also, personally I think using the name of an ethnic group to mean an illegal activity is not good.
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JudgeWapner 7y ago
It's not creepy at all to monitor the usage of their product. Even if they were on private property it's not an invasion of privacy to observe them from public property. What's creepy is people renting a vehicle for a usage other than getting from point A to B that also requires privacy.

seanmcdirmid 7y ago

If they were renting a car there is a very high chance that they didn’t have their own driveway anyways (detached house ownership is highly correlated with car ownership).

kristopolous 7y ago
Actually many did. Many of our users were living in households with more people than than cars. We had a program that allowed them to end the ride on their driveway so long as it was open for the public to do the same. We had hundreds of people opt in in the first week. Turned out to be a very popular program

walshemj 7y ago

But I suspect that the insurance doesn't cover using the vehicle as a gypsy cab.

kirubakaran 7y ago
> using the vehicle as a gypsy cab I'm sure you don't mean it like that, but fyi, "gypsy" is considered a racial slur. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_taxicab_operation#cite_note-8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_taxicab_operation#cite...
- saxonslav 7y ago
  I'd usually say jokingly "what are you gonna do, call the police?" but that's an actual issue these days so whatever
  - PavlovsCat 7y ago
    Why not just "thanks, I didn't know that" ?
- benj111 7y ago
  Is it? They're Romany Gypsies? Sure this usage may be offensive, but certain usages of Jew are probably offensive. Further, I assume pink gypsy potatoes and gypsy moth planes aren't racial slurs?
  - TomMarius 7y ago
    I live in a country that is full of them, and yes, it is.
    - sokoloff 7y ago
      The potatoes, the planes, or the people?
      - TomMarius 7y ago
        We don't have these other words in our language so I don't know
        benj111 7y ago
        http://varieties.ahdb.org.uk/varieties/view/Pink%20Gypsy http://varieties.ahdb.org.uk/varieties/view/Pink%20Gypsy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.60_Moth https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.60_Moth
- walshemj 7y ago
  It is the term used for illegal off the book cabs, and Gypsy is actually used by some Romany organisations. Shortening the name to(I wont repeat it) is a slur and possibly a slur depandant on how its used similar to the shortening of Pakistani is a slur but the full name isn't.
  - kirubakaran 7y ago
    I understand what you mean, but please see the link I posted in the comment you're replying to. Consensus on Wikipedia says otherwise. Also, personally I think using the name of an ethnic group to mean an illegal activity is not good.
    - deleted 7y ago
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JudgeWapner 7y ago

It's not creepy at all to monitor the usage of their product. Even if they were on private property it's not an invasion of privacy to observe them from public property. What's creepy is people renting a vehicle for a usage other than getting from point A to B that also requires privacy.