Bob Giles (bob)
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Has anyone used Uber's favorite driver feature yet?
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London giving Uber the Boot?
Things are not looking good for Uber in London right now. Will this be a new trend across the globe? … -
LOL Drivers are celebrating Uber/Lyfts poor IPO performances
Feels good to stick it to the man, huh?https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/burn-baby-burn-some-drivers-happy-see-uber-lyft-shares-n1006341 -
Uber plans to kick off IPO in April!
We all knew that Lyft and Uber would file at the same time. https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/14/uber-will-reportedly-file-for-ipo-next-month/ -
A researcher rode more than 5,000 miles with Uber and Lyft and discovered the biggest differences between the two ride-hailing giants.
Seems like pretty basic stuff we all already know - Lyft allowed tipping before Uber, Lyft is generally the "nicer … -
Why you shouldn't plug in your phone during Uber rides!
Your personal contacts and data might be at risk! According to MarketWatch, they state,"be careful before asking your Uber driver … -
Lyft is paying passengers $550 to give up their cars for a month.
Where: Chicago Who: 100 People The Prize: $550 in various transportation credits, $300 in Lyft shared ride credit (for use … -
Uber Driver has 4.99 rating after nearly 5k trips! Here is his advice.
Really good read, the steps this guy takes to give his riders amazing customer service is unreal. Things like wiping … -
Should the Government limit the amount of rideshare drivers that can be on the road?
Wouldn't this solve so many problems? Subway systems wouldn't be failing as hard, traffic would die down, drivers would make … -
Is there a max age limit to drive for Uber?
Can you tell a person you won't accept their ride for being too big? Does Uber have any rules on this?!
Wow, I had no idea that Grab was big enough to handle this. Go Grab.
Hey! That's me! I cannot decide if I like this idea or not...
RoboTaxi? who even calls it that? have you really heard that before?
Isn't there some new law on this, driver can only drive a certain number of hours in a row?
#UberFail
Good Question - I bet they will adhere, Europe is too big a market
To clarify, you cannot drive someone else car for Uber if you didnot sign up with that car! I have done this before with my wifes car and got in trouble when a passenger reported me for not having the same license plate as it said I would in the app.
This is definitely not allowed though I have heard of drivers doing this, personally if this happened to me I would be skteched out and wouldn't get in the car.