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  Taxi driver literally kills an Uber driver [Fox10]

  If you ask me, I think this article title is doing itself a disservice.  (mine is much cooler) Arrest made …
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  How much does it cost from Kissing to Wedding?

  I wanted to go from Kissing to Wedding in record time and wanted to know the price.  However, your calculator …

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   4 years ago in  Riders, Why are you putting fake names on your Uber & Lyft account? Be prepared for longer wait times or getting cancelled.

  To drivers, this is a profession. You approach it seriously.  To riders, this is just a routine to get around. You approach it casually and with some humor. 

  They think it’s victimless and perhaps injects humor into the interactions. (A bit crass looking at your examples, sure.) I don’t think it crosses their mind that this can be a safety issue or slower pick up. 

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   4 years ago in  I do not have the car/clock icon and am unable to schedule an advance trip on Uber. Help please

  My suspicion is that there is probably a maximum number of scheduled rides Uber allows.  or Uber checks the demand for that particular day and starts to accept no more.

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   5 years ago in  How can I specify a female driver?

  Max

  Ray

  Sydney

  Val

  Tyler

  ...that's all I got. 

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   5 years ago in  What would be awesome questions to ask Uber and Lyft drivers?

  I feel like I am teaching an android on how to be a human  Dude, just have a regular conversation.  You start with something that you can ease into, and you just let it flow from there.

  You can start with weather and how busy your day was but those usually don't go anywehere. Ask quesitons like, "Are you from this area?"  "Did you grow up here?"  or something more specific like, "Do you enjoy driving for Uber?"

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   5 years ago in  How do I delete my ride history from my Uber app? I want to remove my past trips. There has to be a way.

  I've looked into this once, but there doesn't seem to be a way.  I think it's BS. How can they not delete those records.  There has to be some privacy law that prevents them from doing that. 

  Perhaps if you contact Uber, maybe they will accommodate.

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   5 years ago in  Lyft driver found transporting heroin and under age passengers

  I'd hate to be a buzzkill, but taxis have been the de facto transportation option for human trafficking and hookers on the job.

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   5 years ago in  In the shadow of Uber's rise, taxi driver suicides leave cabbies shaken [NBC]

  good stuff.  taxi drivers need all the help they can get.

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   5 years ago in  Uber’s self-driving trucks division is dead, long live Uber self-driving cars [TechCrunch]

  Wait, so they are "announcing" that they are shutting down Trucks but still doing Cars?  What the heck is this?  This isn't news. Stupid news at best.

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   5 years ago in  Hypothetical: Can I drive over someone if he was trying to attack or grab me from the outside? Would I be criminally responsible?

  See, this is the problem with society today.  This shouldn't even be a worry.  It's not even a question.  If you are being attacked or threatened to be killed, you do whatever it takes to get out of the situation without asking "will I get sued?"

  You felt threatened.  You were being attacked.  You were being grabbed.  Perhaps "nothing" has happened yet but it's still a fact you felt threatened.  

  If you end up running over someone, a total stranger, you had no other reason to kill, I am sure the court will understand.  I mean, what was your motive?  besides getting away? I think it makes sense.

  I believe in the court system enough to comfortably put the foot to the pedal and peel off.

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   5 years ago in  Do drivers care if the passengers wear seatbelts? Do they enforce it? Maybe downvote passengers who don't?

  Nah.  I don't care.

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   5 years ago in  Do drivers care if the passengers wear seatbelts? Do they enforce it? Maybe downvote passengers who don't?

  In my state, passengers aren't required to wear seatbelts.  Since all Uber users are 18 and over (and those who aren't are under the responsibility of another), I don't need to and don't care to enforce it.

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   5 years ago in  Can I change Uber destination after the ride started? During the trip?

  This is a weird thread.  Of course drivers can decide where to go.  App or not.  They are the ones who are driving.  They can drive you off a cliff, wrap around a telephone poll, into a swimming pool or into a mouth of a volcano.

  Come on, people.Admit it.  Your lives in the hands of the drivers'.  known fact.

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   5 years ago in  Do you mind if we ask you to drive faster?

  What if it were for extra cash.  $100 Benjamin.

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   5 years ago in  Lyft drivers are putting LED beacons in their windshields

  I gogled it.  It looks like you are unpackaging somethng way naughtier than a taxi sign.

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   5 years ago in  Man gets out of jail. Man hails taxi. Man can't pay taxi. Man sent back to jail.

  Free meals, free room and board, plenty of exercise, four walls and a roof.  Jail isn't as bad as it may be for some.

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   5 years ago in  Waymo van involved in crash

  "Women involved in car crash?"  Right a sarcastic one, right?  coz it happens all the time?

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   6 years ago in  What are some Uber driver tricks? Are they scam? I heard there's a bunch.

  Don't blame the people.  Blame the system.  All trying to make a living.

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   6 years ago in  Is it true that Uber will give you preferential treatment (i.e. more rides) if you rent the car from Uber?

  I've never heard of it.  I'd like to say it's by vicinity with a sprinkle of rating match up

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   6 years ago in  Can a parent order Uber or Lyft for a teenager? My kids?

  I thought molested primarily refers to children  Harassed or sexually assaulted for adults.  I think.

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   6 years ago in  Introducing Uber Health, Removing Transportation as a Barrier to Care

  Doesn't this already exist everywhere?  Local services are usually readily available.  Remember, many elderlies cannot drive and they still have to get to the doctors.  Uber minus app is basically just another taxi service.  I see a lot of irony in this one.

  Also wonder why Uber even bothers to capture this market.  Just extending its monopoly, I guess.

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