Uber paid 58 Australians $1350 to have One Less Car

Re:Uber paid 58 Australians $1350 to have One Less Car by shoo on Sunday November 19, 2023 @07:29PM (#38340396)

I reckon that estimate must be over an 80 year lifespan.

> (130 / (80 * 365)) * 7*24

Translating it to per week, that comes out at 45 minutes per week.

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Re:Uber paid 58 Australians $1350 to have One Less Car by burkaman on Sunday November 19, 2023 @07:35PM (#38340475)

Yes it's a lifetime estimate, from here: https://www.parkhound.com.au/blog/australian-drivers-spend-o.... Extremely misleading quote from the Uber person, probably intentionally.

Also basically a made-up number, a website that helps people find parking asked 300 people "how long do you feel like you spend looking for parking on average".

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Re:Uber paid 58 Australians $1350 to have One Less Car by shoo on Sunday November 19, 2023 @07:51PM (#38340628)

> a website that helps people find parking

indeed, that's a very biased sample. i've been happily living in a big australian city for over a decade without owning a car or using uber. i spend approximately 0 hours looking for parking per decade. they're never going to find me in the population of parking-seekers that they're surveying.

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Re:Uber paid 58 Australians $1350 to have One Less Car by fbdab103 on Sunday November 19, 2023 @07:54PM (#38340654)

I remember those days in pre-school where it was a nightmare to find parking.

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Re:Uber paid 58 Australians $1350 to have One Less Car by Ekaros on Monday November 20, 2023 @07:42AM (#38347155)

I wonder how does that compare to waiting for taxi. If you add up time from ordering taxi service to getting in. And then waiting to get dropped off when vehicle has arrived.

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