Uber says it's leaving Quebec if province insists on stricter rules

Re:Uber says it's leaving Quebec if province insists on stri... by s73ver_ on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @08:43PM (#15343966)

"You also already necessarily have a device capable of calling 911 by using Uber (your own phone)."

Because there is absolutely no way that calling 911 on the person sitting next to you and in control of a 2 ton vehicle is going to end badly. Nope.

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Re:Uber says it's leaving Quebec if province insists on stri... by moduspol on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @08:55PM (#15344035)

I guess it just seems odd how taxis have existed safely in the other 99.9999% of the world without such a requirement.

At some point it's more about protectionism than safety. This is yet another example.

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Re:Uber says it's leaving Quebec if province insists on stri... by s73ver_ on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @01:00PM (#15349797)

It's only protectionism if the existing taxi companies didn't have to do it. In fact, if Uber doesn't, but the taxi companies do, that's also protectionism, but for Uber.

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