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Re:SF Yellow Cab to file for bankruptcy by HappyTypist on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @10:12PM (#10855727)
I absolutely agree. This is compounded if you take UberPOOL because the driver is expected to follow the GPS route (for multiple pick ups to work).

If you give me a clean car, reliability, and a driver who knows the city, I'd gladly get a taxi even if it's maybe 15 to 20% more.

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Re:SF Yellow Cab to file for bankruptcy by tw04 on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @10:20PM (#10855754)
I'm confounded as to how these uber drivers who either live in the city, or drive through it every day, don't know the city. How does that even happen?
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Re:SF Yellow Cab to file for bankruptcy by kelnos on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @10:39PM (#10855812)
From what I can tell, the vast majority of SF Uber drivers don't live in SF, and to make matters worse, most seem to have only been driving for Uber for a matter of months. Routes and traffic patterns are actually more complicated than you might expect, and it can take quite a while to figure it all out.
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