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Re:Uber Scam in Brazil – Drivers Have ‘Challenges’ Ending Trips by rahimnathwani on Saturday September 29, 2018 @06:54AM (#18099730)
In China, drivers are always clear to show you that they are marking the trip as complete, before you get out of the car.

I wondered why, but I guess it's to reassure riders that they're not cheating.

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Re:Uber Scam in Brazil – Drivers Have ‘Challenges’ Ending Trips by amag on Saturday September 29, 2018 @04:49PM (#18102723)
Well, YMMV... A long time ago I took a taxi in Beijing (this was way before Uber was even thought of though). When we stopped at my destination the driver quickly unplugged the meter and then asked me for twice what it said. I knew this because I was traveling on a shoestring and wanted to know how fast the meter went for future reference so I had been looking very carefully at it. Maybe I was just unlucky...
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Re:Uber Scam in Brazil – Drivers Have ‘Challenges’ Ending Trips by rahimnathwani on Saturday September 29, 2018 @08:53PM (#18103894)
The particular scam you mention is impossible with an Uber-like platform, as payment is made via the app, and there's no way for the driver to massively increase the fare in the last moments of a ride.

"Well, YMMV"

No, your mileage cannot vary, because it's tracked in the app.

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Re:Uber Scam in Brazil – Drivers Have ‘Challenges’ Ending Trips by s73v3r_ on Saturday September 29, 2018 @10:35PM (#18104148)
Isn't this a story about them doing just that, though?
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Re:Uber Scam in Brazil – Drivers Have ‘Challenges’ Ending Trips by marcosdumay on Saturday September 29, 2018 @09:29AM (#18100201)
They do that in Brazil too. I always assumed it was to get rid of the trip soon, so they can take another one.
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