After Car2Go eased its background checks, 75 vehicles were stolen in one day

Re:After Car2Go eased its background checks, 75 vehicles wer... by taejo on Monday July 15, 2019 @04:17AM (#20438987)

It probably varies from city to city, but I always assumed that the reason car-sharing drivers are worse than others on average is just because they get less practice, are more likely to have learned to drive in a different country (with different traffic rules, layout of bike lanes, etc.) and perhaps don't know their way around as well (so they're experiencing a heavier cognitive load).

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Re:After Car2Go eased its background checks, 75 vehicles wer... by driverdan on Monday July 15, 2019 @08:54AM (#20440305)

You're charged per minute. It incentivizes you to drive aggressively so you pay as little as possible.

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Re:After Car2Go eased its background checks, 75 vehicles wer... by AdrianB1 on Monday July 15, 2019 @07:30AM (#20439774)

There is no reason to assume that people driving cars they don't own are as careful as driving their own cars. This makes a huge difference.

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Re:After Car2Go eased its background checks, 75 vehicles wer... by iforgotpassword on Monday July 15, 2019 @08:01AM (#20439970)

I don't know about the US, but in Germany if you return your car with scratches or dents that haven't been there before they charge you for that, so I wouldn't drive them less carefully than my own.

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Re:After Car2Go eased its background checks, 75 vehicles wer... by slhck on Monday July 15, 2019 @09:14AM (#20440453)

That's true for normal rental car companies, which are often very picky about damages. With car2go and DriveNow, they don't usually charge for damages anymore. It would be impossible to track. You're paying for the repair with the per-minute costs.

A few years ago, they even stopped asking customers at the start of the rental whether there were any “new” damages with the car, since it's impossible to verify that with dozens of damages, and people would just press “No”. So now these cars all have small damages that nobody cares about, which accumulate until they get repaired.

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Re:After Car2Go eased its background checks, 75 vehicles wer... by closeparen on Monday July 15, 2019 @11:28AM (#20441722)

Really?

a) My main worry is hurting someone else; I will be responsible for this either way.

b) If I do damage the rental, chances are I'll be held accountable at the end of the rental, and chances are the repair fees will be extortionate compared to fixing my own car at a shop of my choosing.

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Re:After Car2Go eased its background checks, 75 vehicles wer... by londons_explore on Monday July 15, 2019 @04:21AM (#20439004)

"self-drive truck hire" is pretty much the same.

People who don't really know how to drive a truck are suddenly put in control, and lots of accidents happen...

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