Uber Hit with Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown

Re:Uber Hit with Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @05:54PM (#17719842)

> the standard, clean, regulated experience I have every time I jump into a yellow or green cab

Huh, haven't been in one where the driver wasn't on the phone in ages. Two weeks ago, my black friend was refused pick-up. Brooklyn-based friends are regularly refused transport. At least the credit card machine broken trick stopped a few years ago.

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Re:Uber Hit with Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown by jroblak on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @05:58PM (#17719873)

Every single one of those things is illegal, and can be reported.

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Re:Uber Hit with Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @06:01PM (#17719906)

> Every single one of those things is illegal, and can be reported

Yet they're still common. I've reported them, and occasionally there's a fine, but at a certain point the cost of constantly reporting outweighs the benefit. It doesn't help that the TLC is a political position with the same financial conflicts of interests as the City Councilman who presented this bill [1].

[1] https://nypost.com/2018/01/27/taxi-committee-head-got-thousa...

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Re:Uber Hit with Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown by deltaeerie on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @06:04PM (#17719922)

Yeah buddy, no one does illegal things! That'd be illegal!

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Re:Uber Hit with Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown by zethraeus on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @06:01PM (#17719899)

and yet they continue to happen. does that give you pause as to the effectiveness of enforcement?

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Re:Uber Hit with Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown by jroblak on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @06:03PM (#17719918)

Both of these are arguments for more regulation and enforcement, not less.

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