Uber: Disability Laws Don’t Apply to Us

Post by limeyx » Tue, May 26, 2015, 4:50 PM UTC

URSpider94 wrote: post #133

viscanti wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The issue isn't that Uber is discriminating. In fact, the subject of the article was a twice weekly user of Uber for two years. A single driver didn't think the wheelchair would fit in the car. It seems like something that should be reported, and the driver should be dealt with. To take an issue that happens less than 1% of the time and make it sound like it's UBER is a bit absurd.

No, it happened twice to her in two weeks. The question is, does Uber have training in place on what rights a disabled passenger has? Do they discipline or dismiss drivers who receive disability complaints? It sounds like Uber's response has been that it has no duty to support or enforce the ADA. Uber is forcing taxis out of business. One of the reasons that taxis are regulated is that they are bound by law to transp…