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Re:Waze Carpool by loorinm on Thursday January 25, 2018 @01:26PM (#16233177)

If this is the logic behind Waze Carpool, they are SERIOUSLY misguided. If I own a car and and I’m driving to work, my privacy and security during my commute is worth a lot more than $5. No way I’m picking up randos and sitting in silence with them for an hour for a measly coffee.

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Re:Waze Carpool by exclusiv on Thursday January 25, 2018 @04:39PM (#16234932)

I think one of the key benefits for some users is that they can use the HOV lane and save a good chunk of time every day.

And many people aren't like you - they might make minimum wage and gas is a big expense for them.

Now I wouldn't do it for the reasons you mentioned but we must remember that we're a fortunate group.

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Re:Waze Carpool by uberduber on Thursday January 25, 2018 @08:12PM (#16236281)

I've only used Waze Carpool as a rider and mostly on 60 min+ long trips, but most of the drivers I had were just tired of the long commute and looking for someone to entertain them. They were tired of audiobooks and podcasts.

Even though I was going ~20 miles in the carpool lane most of the time, the 10 minutes they saved would be wiped out by the 15-20 minutes they had to go out of their way to pick me up and drop me off. Everyone told me I was the only one going that far, most of the carpools they could only use the carpool lane for 3-4 miles which didn't save any time.

Other than that, I had two drivers who wanted to do their part to save the earth by carpooling which were fine. I also had two drivers who were nice but just really wanted the gas money. Those drivers both had really old cars that were dirty with trash and seemed poorly maintained. While they were ok drivers, I really did question if the tires were bald or what would happen if we were in an accident.

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Re:Waze Carpool by drusepth on Thursday January 25, 2018 @11:47PM (#16237094)

I would have used this every weekend I drove home from college (~3 hours), back when I was in college. Especially if I could just get paired with someone on campus going to some city along the way, but I'd also be down to pick people up on cities along the way as well.

1+ hour trips sound like a perfect opportunity for this. I'm a kind of get-in-at-the-last-minute guy at work, but I'd probably also pick up a person or two per week on the drive home, when I don't mind a little delay.

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Re:Waze Carpool by nugi on Thursday January 25, 2018 @01:55PM (#16233448)

Yup, and think of the caliber of car and driver that would appeal to.

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Re:Waze Carpool by robotresearcher on Thursday January 25, 2018 @04:47PM (#16235006)

'Calibre'?

People without spare money are of the wrong 'calibre'?

We weren't all born with latte money to spare. A CEO, brain surgeon or astronaut might have had a shitty car and been happy for an easy $5 when they were in grad school. Calibre my ass.

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Re:Waze Carpool by warkdarrior on Thursday January 25, 2018 @05:05PM (#16235130)

If the carpooling passengers could be "randos" that someone may be worried about, the carpooling drivers could be "of the wrong calibre" that someone may be worried about as well.

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