Steve P wrote:So lets see....The way I'm reading this; my daughter "calls" for a car via an app...then when the car arrives, she gets in with a perfect stranger...who probably has not met ANY of the state or local requirements for carrying passengers for hire and who hasn't gone through any sort of background check and who may or may not be bonded and who may or may not have outstanding warrants and who may or may not have proper insurance, etc, etc. Seriously ? I'm sorry but I don't have the (polite) words to describe how fricking STUPID anyone who uses this "service" is...This has gotta be the dumbest thing thing I've seen in a very-VERY long time....Glad my daughter is smart enough not to use it...hope "your" son/daughter is too.
Ryan Rogers wrote:Steve P wrote:So lets see....The way I'm reading this; my daughter "calls" for a car via an app...then when the car arrives, she gets in with a perfect stranger...who probably has not met ANY of the state or local requirements for carrying passengers for hire and who hasn't gone through any sort of background check and who may or may not be bonded and who may or may not have outstanding warrants and who may or may not have proper insurance, etc, etc. Seriously ? I'm sorry but I don't have the (polite) words to describe how fricking STUPID anyone who uses this "service" is...This has gotta be the dumbest thing thing I've seen in a very-VERY long time....Glad my daughter is smart enough not to use it...hope "your" son/daughter is too.
https://www.uber.com/drivers
"From insurance to background checks, every driver meets all local regulations."
Mark R. wrote:Of course, the Convention Bureau won't endorse them until the government gets their fingers in the pie on this one! I'm sure that before long, local and state governments across the nation will figure out ways to tax and regulate these services like they do everything else!
TP Lowe wrote:Back on Uber ...
I've used the "black car" service many times. For example, a rainy evening arriving at LaGuardia - Uber on the spot, when a taxi would have been a long, cold wait in that line. Call them as you taxi to the gate and usually one is there when you exit the airport. Good stuff.
James Natsis wrote:TP Lowe wrote:.
To each his own and I suppose there are certain advantages to Uber. However, let's get real about getting a ride from the airport. Once one grabs his/her bags from the baggage area, just outside the exit is a clear line of taxis--you can't miss them and there are plenty. It doesn't get any simpler than that here in Louisville.
James Natsis wrote:To each his own and I suppose there are certain advantages to Uber. However, let's get real about getting a ride from the airport. Once one grabs his/her bags from the baggage area, just outside the exit is a clear line of taxis--you can't miss them and there are plenty. It doesn't get any simpler than that here in Louisville.
Robin Garr wrote:James Natsis wrote:To each his own and I suppose there are certain advantages to Uber. However, let's get real about getting a ride from the airport. Once one grabs his/her bags from the baggage area, just outside the exit is a clear line of taxis--you can't miss them and there are plenty. It doesn't get any simpler than that here in Louisville.
When I was traveling a lot on my old day job, I used the cabs from SDF on occasion when I got in late and hated to ask Mary to come out and get me. The fares were pretty horrifying at the time, though. I rarely got home to Crescent Hill for less than $25 with tip, which was about what it cost to get a cab from LaGuardia to my midtown office in the early '90s. During our years in NYC, we used car services extensively from our apartment in Astoria, Queens, and they were about half the price of cabs. Cabs weren't really practical in the outer boroughs except to and from the airports.
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