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$55 minimum? This is a great way to increase the amount of drunk drivers on the road. Way to go, Austin!
by rocky1138 13y ago
$55 minimum? This is a great way to increase the amount of drunk drivers on the road. Way to go, Austin!
- cmelbye 13y agoSurge pricing isn't going to look pretty either.
- sfall 13y agoi think thats for the uberBlack
- dylz 13y agoNo, that's for anything. Any non-Austin-sanctioned service must charge at least $55 for any ride, regardless of even if it travels one block. This is an explicit move to make people not want to use startups like Uber.
- fennecfoxen 13y agoBut we need to protect the people from being taken advantage of!!!1
- gaadd33 13y agoWow they passed that law just to fight Uber? The taxi lobby in Austin must be even stronger than the one in NYC.
- cowsandmilk 13y agoYou can still get a cab starting for $2.40/mile. There is a distinct difference between a "vehicle for hire" and a cab.
- moonka 13y agoIf you can find one. If you aren't on the main drag, good luck. We called twice and waited for cabs which never showed up, and finally called a friend of my sister to pick us up. We would have been much happier taking an uber instead of waking up a friend if we could have.
- SilasX 13y agoIndeed: the power of their lobbyists.
- tlrobinson 13y agoGood luck getting a cab (depending on the time and location; I waited 2.5 hours the other night to get one from the Bitcoin conference, no joke)
- InclinedPlane 13y agoThere used to be. Now that everyone carries smartphones that difference isn't relevant.
- wdr1 13y agoThat doesn't really explain why there should be a $55 minimum.
- joesmo 13y agoSeriously. This is just unconscionable on behalf of the Austin police, especially considering that drinking seems to be _the_ pastime in Austin. I suppose people have to die first, as always, before things get better.
- mqatrombone 13y agoLast I checked, police don't write the law. Blame either the politician or the bureaucrat.
- thaumasiotes 13y agoEver had a cop overlook something? It's not rare. We can blame the cops.
- landryraccoon 13y agoIt's the sign of a corrupt state if you're hoping to get justice by having the cops ignore the law. You can't blame cops for enforcing the laws; if you want the laws changed, change them.
- mschuster91 13y ago"change the [laws]"... in 'murica, of all countries. No way unless you happen to have a couple of million $ lying around somewhere to bribe...eh finance the campaign of a politician.
- davidw 13y agoBullshit. It takes hard work, but ordinary people can get out there and do things just fine if they actively work at it rather than just whining on online forums.
- DanBC 13y agoDo you have examples of citizen-campaigning that has caused law changes? I don't disagree with you, but I tend to think that politicans will use citizen campaigns if they're useful and ignore them otherwise.
- mbesto 13y agoTo be fair, that's something SXSW should subsidize.