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Re:Uber says it's leaving Quebec if province insists on stri... by empath75 on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @01:08PM (#15340569)
My last two uber rides were with an elderly gentleman who had poor night vision who ran a stop sign, ran over a curb and almost drove a bus off the road, and a really angry guy who complained about uber for five minutes while driving me around in a circle and then dropped me off where he picked me up after he found out my route was over a toll road, then refused to cancel the trip and I had to get a refund from uber.

I would say my worst cab experiences have all been with uber drivers by far, and it’s gotten markedly worse over time.

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Re:Uber says it's leaving Quebec if province insists on stri... by moduspol on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @01:10PM (#15340587)
Yes, and we've heard no shortage of bad taxi anecdotes, either.
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Re:Uber says it's leaving Quebec if province insists on stri... by cucuuc on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @01:47PM (#15340960)
I’d reread all senior citizens yearly. I don’t care why they drive.

Fun cab stories:

I had a cab driver on a van do 120 km/h (75mph) on an offramp I do at 60kph in a sedan.

I had to teach a cab driver how to drive on snow/ice once. As we drive on i75 (in fairness this was in Atlanta, and I grew up in Canada)

I had a (private) driver reek of alcohol

A (private) cab driver in BsAs doing long division on a piece of paper on the freeway (we had an argument over some math I did in my head)

A cab driver in the Andes had a wadfull of coca in his mouth.

Of the half dozen Greek cab rides, only one didn’t give me the run around. (I tipped him the full fare, and he refuse it until I told him it was for his honesty)

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Re:Uber says it's leaving Quebec if province insists on stri... by kimsk112 on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @01:36PM (#15340858)
Then you should choose Taxi instead of ride sharing service like uber or lyft. My experience with regulated Taxi in many cities have been mostly bad while my uber/lyft experience in many cities have been mostly good, so I always choose uber/lyft over Taxi.
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Re:Uber says it's leaving Quebec if province insists on stri... by s73ver_ on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @08:40PM (#15343941)
That's fine, but why should the taxis be subject to regulation that Uber/Lyft aren't?
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