London cabbies to protest over smartphone app.
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French politicians simply do not have the balls to stand up to vested interests. If you think London cabs have their problems, they are nothing compared with the shower of s
t that is the Paris taxi mafia. Paris has been transformed by uber into a place where you can actually rely on getting a ride home or to your hotel.
t that is the Paris taxi mafia. Paris has been transformed by uber into a place where you can actually rely on getting a ride home or to your hotel.Zod said:
French politicians simply do not have the balls to stand up to vested interests. If you think London cabs have their problems, they are nothing compared with the shower of st that is the Paris taxi mafia. Paris has been transformed by uber into a place where you can actually rely on getting a ride home or to your hotel.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33267581t that is the Paris taxi mafia. Paris has been transformed by uber into a place where you can actually rely on getting a ride home or to your hotel.neelyp said:
Cheese eating surrender monkeys.Uber should take them to the European court.
One of the good things about Uber is that the drivers are star rated, and get retrained or dropped if they go below 4.5 (I think), so they have a financial incentive to be polite and friendly.
I hardly ever need a taxi, but would almost certainly use Uber if I did need to.
Honestly, I'd have more sympathy for the cabbies if they weren't all suchs. (OK, maybe not all of them)
Other good things about Uber are the ability to see where your car is on the app, so you know when it's going to arrive, and I think you can share your journey details with your special life-partner so they know you're not being abducted!
I hardly ever need a taxi, but would almost certainly use Uber if I did need to.
Honestly, I'd have more sympathy for the cabbies if they weren't all such
s. (OK, maybe not all of them)Other good things about Uber are the ability to see where your car is on the app, so you know when it's going to arrive, and I think you can share your journey details with your special life-partner so they know you're not being abducted!
There's a difference between Uber implementations in different countries and I think it's an own goal for Uber: in some countries, like France, but not the UK, they run the Uber Pop service, whereby anyone can get the app and operate as a driver. Here the drivers need a PCL licence. I'd say that the French drivers (dreadful as they are) have more justification for their protest than do black cab drivers here. The manner of the French protest of course is utterly unacceptable, other than to the craven French government.
Edited by Zod on Friday 26th June 11:55
Zod said:
There's a difference between Uber implementations in different countries and I think it's an own goal for Uber: in some countries, like France, but not the UK, they run the Uber Pop service, whereby anyone can get the app and operate as a driver. Here the drivers need a PCL licence. I'd say that the French drivers (dreadful as they are) have more justification for their protest than do black cab drivers here. The manner of the French protest of course is utterly unacceptable, other than to the craven French government.
Genuine question here - do they do that because they are flat-out denied any form of licence by the authorities in that country? If Paris won't give the equivalent of a PCL licence to Uber drivers, it wouldn't be an own-goal to just go for it anyway. Edited by Zod on Friday 26th June 11:55
BJG1 said:
Zod said:
There's a difference between Uber implementations in different countries and I think it's an own goal for Uber: in some countries, like France, but not the UK, they run the Uber Pop service, whereby anyone can get the app and operate as a driver. Here the drivers need a PCL licence. I'd say that the French drivers (dreadful as they are) have more justification for their protest than do black cab drivers here. The manner of the French protest of course is utterly unacceptable, other than to the craven French government.
Genuine question here - do they do that because they are flat-out denied any form of licence by the authorities in that country? If Paris won't give the equivalent of a PCL licence to Uber drivers, it wouldn't be an own-goal to just go for it anyway. Edited by Zod on Friday 26th June 11:55
Boris referred to them as 'Luddites' then the black cab drivers rather proved his point.
article said:
Police were called in and a member of City Hall security staff has been knocked unconscious in a scuffle outside the building. London Ambulance Service confirmed that they took one patient to hospital “for minor injuries”. The taxi drivers were protesting outside City Hall and in the public gallery about a long-running dispute over the differences in the way that TfL regulates black cabs, compared to the car journey app Uber. Taxi drivers say a lack of regulation is putting public safety at risk.
The event had already got off to a rocky start for Boris when it emerged he knew nothing about proposals to cut all police community support officers (PCSOs). London Assembly member Joanne McCartney said: “You’re the Chair of MOPAC. That is astonishing.” Then, in front of a crowd of taxi drivers bearing protest banners, the Mayor was asked a question aboutelectric cabs - and responded with: “Can I just say to all the luddites in the room who don’t want to see new technology -” at which point he was cut off with whistles and jeers.
Read more at: http://www.london24.com/news/politics/mayor_s_ques...
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The event had already got off to a rocky start for Boris when it emerged he knew nothing about proposals to cut all police community support officers (PCSOs). London Assembly member Joanne McCartney said: “You’re the Chair of MOPAC. That is astonishing.” Then, in front of a crowd of taxi drivers bearing protest banners, the Mayor was asked a question aboutelectric cabs - and responded with: “Can I just say to all the luddites in the room who don’t want to see new technology -” at which point he was cut off with whistles and jeers.
Read more at: http://www.london24.com/news/politics/mayor_s_ques...
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russ_a said:
How long are we away from self driving cars?
driverless Uber taxis being tested nowhttp://www.driving.co.uk/news/driverless-uber-taxi...
SydneyBridge said:
russ_a said:
How long are we away from self driving cars?
driverless Uber taxis being tested nowhttp://www.driving.co.uk/news/driverless-uber-taxi...
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