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Re:Uber will start deactivating riders with low ratings by m-p-3 on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @01:12PM (#20042737)
> TPMS sensor light is on (major safety risk)

Not necessarily, it could be that the sensor is either defective or missing, which doesn't mean the tire pressure is wrong.

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Re:Uber will start deactivating riders with low ratings by matt-attack on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @03:21PM (#20044252)
Exactly. The light being on means "You don't know" if your tires are safe. Light off, means "You positively know your tires are safe".

Read about:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail-safe

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Re:Uber will start deactivating riders with low ratings by m-p-3 on Friday May 31, 2019 @05:14PM (#20065030)
These TPMS sensors do add a significant price increase on the tires, which most people I know about choose to avoid at the expense of this "lights on".

We do have to swap our tires for winter tires up north, so I'm not getting tires with the sensors.

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Re:Uber will start deactivating riders with low ratings by wiremaus on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @05:13PM (#20045557)
Or you positively know rhat the light has been physically disabled, which is trivial on most cars.

Regardless, it seems an incredibly insensitive thing to give a poor rating over.

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Re:Uber will start deactivating riders with low ratings by dual_basis on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @06:56PM (#20046549)
Or the car doesn't have TPMS... Like any car I have ever owned...
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