Uber leaves Kansas after lawmakers demand background checks and more insurance • Hacker News Board

Re: Uber leaves Kansas after lawmakers demand background checks and more insurance

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Post by wdr1 » Thu, May 07, 2015, 3:39 AM UTC

discardorama wrote: post #15

If my recent experience is anything, Uber needs some serious regulation. I live in SF, and was flying out of OAK. I had used Uber only once before, a long time ago; but this time, I suggested to the wife that we use Uber again. We had to leave SF at 7:15AM - 7:30AM or so. Around 7:15 I pulled up the app, and saw that there were several cars around (as they usually are). I requested an UberX; punched in the destinatio…

Honest question: If you want a regulated form of Uber, why not just take a taxi?

Isn't that effectively what you're looking for?

Re: Uber leaves Kansas after lawmakers demand background checks and more insurance

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Post by ddingus » Thu, May 07, 2015, 5:18 AM UTC

bsbechtel wrote: post #101

ddingus wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn't this about scale? Sure, the market isn't all that large, but the means, methods, process required to serve it are the same ones that will absolutely be needed to cope with all the different markets, rules, and authorities out there. A billion dollar level company can and should be doing this.

>>Isn't this about scale? As in you mean there is little additional cost to enter the market? Sure, I'm just saying if they miss out on serving a small market, it's not going to have a huge negative impact.

Of course.

But, the systems needed are important. Simple, dry runs now can prototype them, buy good will, potentially have an impact on regulations to come.

Also, UBER. That's not ordinary, or dull, or tepid. It's UBER. Cherry picking, dodgy behavior to avoid compliance, and other sketchy things seem inappropriate for such a valuation.

Re: Uber leaves Kansas after lawmakers demand background checks and more insurance

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Post by mooted1 » Thu, May 07, 2015, 5:00 PM UTC

discardorama wrote: post #15

If my recent experience is anything, Uber needs some serious regulation. I live in SF, and was flying out of OAK. I had used Uber only once before, a long time ago; but this time, I suggested to the wife that we use Uber again. We had to leave SF at 7:15AM - 7:30AM or so. Around 7:15 I pulled up the app, and saw that there were several cars around (as they usually are). I requested an UberX; punched in the destinatio…

I've taken Uber to OAK and other airports from SF dozens of times.

You had a spot of bad luck with cancellations—they're in fact extremely rare, and I've taken hundreds of trips. On top of that, drivers cannot see your destination when a request is made. Go ahead and ask them.