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Could allowing the driver to see the destination before accepting the trip be used as a way to discriminate?

pageandrew 6y ago
Yes, and taxi drivers have always been able to do that. As a consumer, it was nice using Uber because drivers couldn't do that.
- bgorman 6y ago
  However there is no penalty for drivers refusing to take your to the airport once they show up. It's an absolutely infuriating experience. Drivers should be banned from the platform if they are not able to take people from downtown to the closest airport.
  - pageandrew 6y ago
    I think there is/was a penalty for that. You could report drivers for abandoning you through the app.
- deleted 6y ago
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WrongThinkerNo5 6y ago
That is quite an abusive mentality to have. You would force someone to expose themselves to danger and the risk of violence and even death just so you could feel virtuous about yourself, while surely not at all exposing yourself to the same dangers you prescribe and force on others? It's really a rather twisted mentality to have; like typical aristocratic supremacist types that demand the disposable peasants serve their wishes and whims. "Go to get robbed and shot by criminals and make your children orphans so I can feel virtuous about myself, peasant!" – Simulcra, 2020
- unethical_ban 6y ago
  You need to chill. The person posed a question, and you attacked their character and worldview. Learn to express your disagreement more neutrally.
- root_axis 6y ago
  I don't get the aristocratic supremacist thing, the person hailing the ride is the one who is coming from or going to the "dangerous" area, clearly they are not a beneficiary of the aristocracy.
  - mlrtime 6y ago
    Why should a driver put themselves at risk? Especially without risk adjusted compensation.
    - manigandham 6y ago
      Some positions have inherent dangers. Spending hours per day on the road is a much bigger risk factor than going into any specific area for a drop-off. Also nobody is forced to do so. You can decline rides. There might be penalties after too many cancellations but it was a much better system than taxis, which were mandated by law but had no oversight and so pretty much always declined for the slightest of reasons.

Yes, and taxi drivers have always been able to do that. As a consumer, it was nice using Uber because drivers couldn't do that.

bgorman 6y ago
However there is no penalty for drivers refusing to take your to the airport once they show up. It's an absolutely infuriating experience. Drivers should be banned from the platform if they are not able to take people from downtown to the closest airport.
- pageandrew 6y ago
  I think there is/was a penalty for that. You could report drivers for abandoning you through the app.
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WrongThinkerNo5 6y ago

That is quite an abusive mentality to have. You would force someone to expose themselves to danger and the risk of violence and even death just so you could feel virtuous about yourself, while surely not at all exposing yourself to the same dangers you prescribe and force on others? It's really a rather twisted mentality to have; like typical aristocratic supremacist types that demand the disposable peasants serve their wishes and whims. "Go to get robbed and shot by criminals and make your children orphans so I can feel virtuous about myself, peasant!" – Simulcra, 2020

unethical_ban 6y ago
You need to chill. The person posed a question, and you attacked their character and worldview. Learn to express your disagreement more neutrally.
root_axis 6y ago
I don't get the aristocratic supremacist thing, the person hailing the ride is the one who is coming from or going to the "dangerous" area, clearly they are not a beneficiary of the aristocracy.
- mlrtime 6y ago
  Why should a driver put themselves at risk? Especially without risk adjusted compensation.
  - manigandham 6y ago
    Some positions have inherent dangers. Spending hours per day on the road is a much bigger risk factor than going into any specific area for a drop-off. Also nobody is forced to do so. You can decline rides. There might be penalties after too many cancellations but it was a much better system than taxis, which were mandated by law but had no oversight and so pretty much always declined for the slightest of reasons.