Uber now has to wait 15 minutes before picking you up in France
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Re: Uber now has to wait 15 minutes before picking you up in France
#2An idea to "fix" this:
In the beginning (after signing up) a bunch of orders are created and sent out to the drivers. The orders technically exist, but the drivers are told to not show up right now. Then, at least 15 minutes later, the user can tap a "show up now" button which tells the driver to actually pick up the user. So in the end you have to wait 15 minutes when using the service for the first time, but after that it is a lot faster because the orders created in the beginning can be "activated" immediately.
Re: Uber now has to wait 15 minutes before picking you up in France
#3Presumably, the taxi industry is "heavily regulated" for the benefit of the customer, then shouldn't customers flock to this excellent, regulated service on their own? Why are those artificial and arbitrary limits necessary?
Re: Uber now has to wait 15 minutes before picking you up in France
#4An idea to "fix" this: In the beginning (after signing up) a bunch of orders are created and sent out to the drivers. The orders technically exist, but the drivers are told to not show up right now. Then, at least 15 minutes later, the user can tap a "show up now" button which tells the driver to actually pick up the user. So in the end you have to wait 15 minutes when using the service for the first time, but after…
You could argue that it's Uber's attempts to "fix" pesky regulations that have got them into this mess in the first place. I doubt trying to circumvent this in the way you describe would really make the regulators any more sympathetic towards Uber.
There's an interesting business case study to be done between Uber and Hailo (based in London, far more popular there than Uber, expanding overseas), the latter of which was founded by cab drivers themselves and has taken a far more 'softly softly' approach to compliance (arguably at the expense of revenue, but the benefit of not having to deal with this kind of thing).
Re: Uber now has to wait 15 minutes before picking you up in France
#5An idea to "fix" this: In the beginning (after signing up) a bunch of orders are created and sent out to the drivers. The orders technically exist, but the drivers are told to not show up right now. Then, at least 15 minutes later, the user can tap a "show up now" button which tells the driver to actually pick up the user. So in the end you have to wait 15 minutes when using the service for the first time, but after…
You could argue that it's Uber's attempts to "fix" pesky regulations that have got them into this mess in the first place. I doubt trying to circumvent this in the way you describe would really make the regulators any more sympathetic towards Uber. There's an interesting business case study to be done between Uber and Hailo (based in London, far more popular there than Uber, expanding overseas), the latter of which w…
Well the point of circumvention is not to engender sympathy. It's to find a legal loophole wherein even if the regulators hate you, they can't pursue you.
Re: Uber now has to wait 15 minutes before picking you up in France
#6An idea to "fix" this: In the beginning (after signing up) a bunch of orders are created and sent out to the drivers. The orders technically exist, but the drivers are told to not show up right now. Then, at least 15 minutes later, the user can tap a "show up now" button which tells the driver to actually pick up the user. So in the end you have to wait 15 minutes when using the service for the first time, but after…
This is an interesting idea; however, it seems that it wouldn't necessarily help.
I'm uncertain whether the orders you speak of are reservations, or phonies with the purpose of circumventing the new bill. If the former is the case, drivers would still be unable to serve the greatest need - spontaneous rides. The latter could potentially work, but surely it would be caught eventually.
Re: Uber now has to wait 15 minutes before picking you up in France
#7An idea to "fix" this: In the beginning (after signing up) a bunch of orders are created and sent out to the drivers. The orders technically exist, but the drivers are told to not show up right now. Then, at least 15 minutes later, the user can tap a "show up now" button which tells the driver to actually pick up the user. So in the end you have to wait 15 minutes when using the service for the first time, but after…
That's a workaround, not a fix.
Re: Uber now has to wait 15 minutes before picking you up in France
#8...and they wonder why their economy is shit.
Re: Uber now has to wait 15 minutes before picking you up in France
#9Must each taxi driver also be named Harrison Bergeron?
Re: Uber now has to wait 15 minutes before picking you up in France
#10"Back in October, the French government mentioned this piece of legislation as these new services would hurt traditional cab drivers."
So? That's how the market and progress works. If a service can't stand up on it's own, it doesn't need to exist.