Ride-hailing apps may help to curb drunk driving • Hacker News Board

Re: Ride-hailing apps may help to curb drunk driving

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Post by User5 » Mon, Apr 10, 2017, 4:12 AM UTC

greenshackle2 wrote: post #322

cmdrfred wrote: post #218

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Re: Ride-hailing apps may help to curb drunk driving

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Post by ehoogland » Tue, Apr 18, 2017, 2:05 PM UTC

wapz wrote: post #110

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #105

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It isn't that, the cab rides are never just $20, and often there are no cabs at all. The USA just has crappy non car transportation options. And it isn't just an hour walk in many places, but a few hours walk on dark streets with no side walks. When I was living in the Deep South, I sometimes had to take people home 20+ miles out in the middle of nowhere.

> 20+ miles out in the middle of nowhere That's the reason there are no cabs and I don't blame cab drivers. They don't get paid to sit around 40 minutes to find a passenger. I'm surprised that finding an uber in one of those places is not difficult either. Outside of the US, a lot of the population is very condensed (well the US is to some degree) making cabs and public transportation much more efficient/effective IM…

With Uber the driver can sit in his middle-of-nowhere house (or work on his garage, yard, etc.) for those 40 minutes with his driver app on, and get in his car only when the app alerts him that he has a fare. This will take the driver to a central location where there are short waits and frequent fares.

Re: Ride-hailing apps may help to curb drunk driving

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Post by ehoogland » Tue, Apr 18, 2017, 2:16 PM UTC

wapz wrote: post #361

Kihashi wrote: post #255

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I remember reading a post from an Uber driver in a small town. Basically, instead of idling, he'd just use his house as a waiting area. So instead of just waiting around, he'd be at home, doing other stuff until he got an rider. Then he'd get in his car and drive them where they needed to be.

If he lived next to the bars or downtown that would probably be reasonable, but I can't imagine he would bring in too much money (as opposed to living in a large metropolitan area).

It really depends on how close the rural area is to a population center.