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I think its fair to say... Follow all these regulations and we'll let you do business on the public streets. or Do business in private, via the phone or inte

I think its fair to say... Follow all these regulations and we'll let you do business on the public streets. or Do business in private, via the phone or internet, and you don't have to follow these regulations. --- Don't force the choice by saying regulations apply to everyone, even people who aren't going to get any benefit out of it. Uber doesn't have to use wheel-chair accessible vehicles, but they also can't respond if someone hails them on the street. This isn't a problem because they're fairly successful, but I imagine in a more competitive environment they'd actually feel the pinch by seeing other people picked up by random cabs, or black cars but they can't even interact with the customer who is 5 feet away from them because it's not via the app.

toomuchtodo 11y ago
Or: You may do transportation business on our roads if you follow our regulations, with no regard to how the ride was arranged. Non-disabled rider's fares subsidizing accessibility for the disabled is no different than how health insurance works. Why would we allow Uber to freeload? Because they're "innovative"? Or "disruptive"? No. Follow the rules Uber or GTFO out of the market.
- true_religion 11y ago
  > Non-disabled rider's fares subsidizing accessibility for the disabled is no different than how health insurance works. Well I guess I'm of the belief that health insurance is a doomed concept, and the government should directly manage and subsidise and industry of health care not insurance, and pay for it by directly taxing the citizens rather than expecting a private group to somehow work better than democratic process.
- DanBC 11y ago
  In London there are two sets of regulation: the regs for black cabs and the regs for mini cabs. Uber doesn't want to comply with either set of regs. There are some considerable problems in UK minicabs avoiding their duties under disability discrimination laws -- not turning up; refusing to carry; refusing dogs (and not because the driver has an alergy; over charging and stealing from some users (eg blind people or those with a learning disability). So Uber is not unusual there.

toomuchtodo 11y ago

Or: You may do transportation business on our roads if you follow our regulations, with no regard to how the ride was arranged. Non-disabled rider's fares subsidizing accessibility for the disabled is no different than how health insurance works. Why would we allow Uber to freeload? Because they're "innovative"? Or "disruptive"? No. Follow the rules Uber or GTFO out of the market.

true_religion 11y ago
> Non-disabled rider's fares subsidizing accessibility for the disabled is no different than how health insurance works. Well I guess I'm of the belief that health insurance is a doomed concept, and the government should directly manage and subsidise and industry of health care not insurance, and pay for it by directly taxing the citizens rather than expecting a private group to somehow work better than democratic process.
DanBC 11y ago
In London there are two sets of regulation: the regs for black cabs and the regs for mini cabs. Uber doesn't want to comply with either set of regs. There are some considerable problems in UK minicabs avoiding their duties under disability discrimination laws -- not turning up; refusing to carry; refusing dogs (and not because the driver has an alergy; over charging and stealing from some users (eg blind people or those with a learning disability). So Uber is not unusual there.