Lyft Is Said to Seek New Funding as Its Rival Uber Stumbles

Re:Lyft Is Said to Seek New Funding as Its Rival Uber Stumbles by dawnerd on Thursday March 02, 2017 @12:59AM (#13771826)

I feel Uber does a (slightly) better job vetting their drivers. I've had a few very questionable rides with Lyft. Most drivers are great but I've had more bad drivers on lyft.

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Re:Lyft Is Said to Seek New Funding as Its Rival Uber Stumbles by Fomite on Thursday March 02, 2017 @01:50AM (#13772078)

I've had more poor, "I'm in a taxi cab in all but name" drives on Uber.

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Re:Lyft Is Said to Seek New Funding as Its Rival Uber Stumbles by erroneousfunk on Friday March 03, 2017 @12:55PM (#13784661)

I used to have those a lot, but I think Uber's eliminated a lot of the "off duty taxi drivers" in the last couple years. I used to get picked up by literal taxi cabs when I called for an Uber pretty frequently. Now, "marked, taxi, or salvage vehicles" are not allowed.

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Re:Lyft Is Said to Seek New Funding as Its Rival Uber Stumbles by fernandotakai on Thursday March 02, 2017 @09:47AM (#13774297)

feels like it's city based. i definitely had bad rides on uber in nyc but only had great ones in sf.

in my own town, uber is light-years ahead of taxi drivers. to the point where my parents are using uber (and they are really averse to technology)

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Re:Lyft Is Said to Seek New Funding as Its Rival Uber Stumbles by Fomite on Thursday March 02, 2017 @10:35AM (#13774748)

Yeah - I didn't mention it, but the variable that seems to drive the majority of the variability for me is "Where am I?"

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