Uber sign-ups soar by 850 percent as cab drivers protest
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Re: Uber sign-ups soar by 850 percent as cab drivers protest
#2Controversy based PR works.
Re: Uber sign-ups soar by 850 percent as cab drivers protest
#3So... taxi drivers go on strike to punish Uber? Why would uber care if they do? Or are they going on strike just to not work?
Re: Uber sign-ups soar by 850 percent as cab drivers protest
#4Controversy based PR works.
Streisand effect works on its own!
Re: Uber sign-ups soar by 850 percent as cab drivers protest
#5the post got me because i just signed up.
I live in melbourne. it is not possible to get a cab on a friday or saturday night. trial run coming up tomorrow
Re: Uber sign-ups soar by 850 percent as cab drivers protest
#6So... taxi drivers go on strike to punish Uber? Why would uber care if they do? Or are they going on strike just to not work?
Taxi drivers went on strike because taxi drivers and uber drivers don't have the same requirements for doing what amounts to be the same job. In short, becoming a taxi driver is hard and extremelly expensive, becoming a uber driver is easier and cheaper. So these strikes are more against the unfair regulation than against Uber and the likes.
Re: Uber sign-ups soar by 850 percent as cab drivers protest
#7So... taxi drivers go on strike to punish Uber? Why would uber care if they do? Or are they going on strike just to not work?
Taxi drivers went on strike because taxi drivers and uber drivers don't have the same requirements for doing what amounts to be the same job. In short, becoming a taxi driver is hard and extremelly expensive, becoming a uber driver is easier and cheaper. So these strikes are more against the unfair regulation than against Uber and the likes.
Why don't they become uber drivers, then? I guess that keeping the taxi driver status is quite expensive also.
Re: Uber sign-ups soar by 850 percent as cab drivers protest
#8the post got me because i just signed up. I live in melbourne. it is not possible to get a cab on a friday or saturday night. trial run coming up tomorrow
Beware that you may get fined in Melbourne because it is illegal. It's more likely your driver will get fined though.
Re: Uber sign-ups soar by 850 percent as cab drivers protest
#9So... taxi drivers go on strike to punish Uber? Why would uber care if they do? Or are they going on strike just to not work?
Taxi drivers went on strike because taxi drivers and uber drivers don't have the same requirements for doing what amounts to be the same job. In short, becoming a taxi driver is hard and extremelly expensive, becoming a uber driver is easier and cheaper. So these strikes are more against the unfair regulation than against Uber and the likes.
This is a misrepresentation.
Taxi drivers are not protesting against the regulation. In fact, in most places taxi drivers and their unions are strong supporters of the said regulations and have worked for decades to get it in place. It's a typical situation where a bunch of "insiders" have striven for years to keep "outsiders" away with the goal of reducing competition.
Another typical aspect to this situation is how technology upends a structure put in place by legalistic means.
Re: Uber sign-ups soar by 850 percent as cab drivers protest
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Taxi drivers went on strike because taxi drivers and uber drivers don't have the same requirements for doing what amounts to be the same job. In short, becoming a taxi driver is hard and extremelly expensive, becoming a uber driver is easier and cheaper. So these strikes are more against the unfair regulation than against Uber and the likes.
Why don't they become uber drivers, then? I guess that keeping the taxi driver status is quite expensive also.
Because some would argue running a taxi-like business without a taxi license is breaking the law.