Re:The Knowledge of London for cab drivers
by zacwest on Monday December 21, 2020 @03:17AM
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That is how it works now. That is not how it worked in the past, and presumably that is what they are referring to. I have many memories of jumping into an Uber Black in SF (before UberX existed) and saying cross-streets. It took a while into the evolution to add the destination picker, let alone make it required.
> Uber/Lyft I usually had to give the full address and then wait while they typed it in
With Uber and Lyft, YOU have to type in the address in the app before the car even gets summoned. You also get to see the destination so that there is no mistake. So I don't know why on Earth you would think you have to wait for them to type it in. You can't just hail an Uber and tell them where you want to go once you get in. That's simply not how it works.