Passengers from hell? Complaints or suggestions for Uber and Lyft? Glaring problem with the industry? Do you have stories of your horrible experiences with rideshare services? Leave your comments here and share your stories.
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From the Chicago Tribune—https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-chicago-taxi-ride-share-drivers-limit-20181030-story.html
From the Chicago Sun-Times—https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/taxi-rideshare-drivers-unite-city-hall-protest-regulation-uber-lyft/
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Comments
Well this is a new angle. "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" situation, huh?
Rideshare and cab drivers are in the same boat. The companies which run things are the enemy.
So if there is a cap on rideshare workers will some of these people protesting lose their jobs?
Perhaps. Imagine if you had a restaurant and every day fifty waiters showed up for the ten available shifts. It would be bedlam. That's a bit of what the taxi (or whatever you wanna call it) business is like now. Some sort of organization has to be imposed.
Hate to say it but it doesn't seem like this is likely to happen in most places. The cat is out of the bag. These localities missed their shot to regulate Uber/Lyft when they first started operating, before the public got too used to them and before they were able to lower prices to these current levels. If they try now they will have a damn revolt on their hands.
Every public car service started as an unregulated Wild West chaos the way rideshare is now. Once they're the only game in town they'll be brought under control. There's no other sane alternative.