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Do Uber and Lyft require drivers to display the window placards? Why don't I always see them?
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Placards are required to pick up at certain locations and/or required to drive passengers in certain cities/states
Placards (i.e. stickers or the dashboard lights) can be requirements for picking up in certain locations such as airports and to pick up passengers in certain cities. These are requests or sometimes even regulations set forth by the city or the airport.
While the above is technically true, Lyft and Uber seem to have taken the stance that they are always required, and they are now instructing their drivers they must have the stickers affixed on the vehicles. Many drivers have argued this for a few reasons such as:
a) They are independent contractors and they drive their own vehicles.
b) The regulations and requirements to display the stickers is only limited to certain locations. They are usually very specific such at the airports.
c) They see this as ploy for Uber and Lyft to get afree advertisement.
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Uber send you placards in the mail for you to display. There was a note in it that it's required where I am (Boston), so I put it up.
Isn't it required to pick up at some airports? It's some consumer protection law or something.
The trade dress is supposedly required in Seattle too, although I don't generally use it if just Ubering around town. I will, however, make sure to put them in the windows when dropping off/picking up at the airport, because the port police can be dicks and will issue BIG tickets for not complying with airport regulations requiring them.
They're ugly and annoying, but a ticket for a couple hundred bucks isn't worth it.
How do I get one.
only the bottom lights up, huh.
Check out this hilarious video by Uber:
yeah, there's soemthing off about this delivery.
Is she being serious? or is she mocking it? "it's sleak, it's light, and best of all.....it light sup!" It sound slike a infomercial.
Yeah, I kept wondering where she would burst out laughing, claimig, "bwahahahaa, I am kidding guys. I can't hold it in anymore. This light is a joke."
I've seen them like once. I thought it was the driver being cute.