Posts by goforit
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You are mostly right and whay you say is the same as us. 20 years ago I said to my fellow drivers at the time you just watch this load of drivers from a certain part of the world stuff the industry up big time, 10 years later they had control of the industry and until Uber came along all they could do was to fight with each other instead of working together for the better meant of the industry. This made the industry so easy to pick off, now most of these drivers are working both sides of the fence and earning less than ever.
There is a sprinking of good motivated drivers in the industry but not enough to be of any use, you would be experiencing the same thing. I have drivers coming to me just about crying they cannot look after there families, its the drivers whom have fucked up there own industry with the help of greedy organisations like Uber whom tap into it.
I don't know the answer anymore but like you I keep trying. -
And you keep on associating yourself with them, My assocition ended with them when they wanted and even threatened me if do as they wanted (in the way of fines and deactivations). I absoulely refused to operate outside NZ law on there bealf. Its a pity drivers in general just only think of the bottom line and not the future of the industry that supports them and are so happy to be puppets in Uber's game.
Mind you the government is about to tighten up on there operation, especially the idendification of the NZ management of Uber. -
Just seen you on Prime news
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I just had another look at changes in the bill, have to admit its a bit hard reading as its need to be read along side the existing act, but does look like the loop holes Uber operates under are certainly going to be closed. I do like the idea the whole of the small passenger transport industry going to operate under common rules, can only be a positive thing.
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Correction to above meant to say 1st October when the GST regs kick in.
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Just had a world with the supplier of the camera system, updated price is $450.00 plus installation average installation is $50.00.
Ben has Uber come out with any plans in regartd to 1st of Augest when the GST requirement kicks in. -
The cameras now have GPS co ordinates recorded for each burst of recording (i think the recording bursts are 10 mintues durations). I have just read the proposed changes to the act and even the non licenced area of car pooling is going to be licenced, Looks the the NZTA going to be one step ahead of Uber's next tactic of calling there service Uber pool to get arounf the regs.
Back to the cameras at the moment installation is included but the actual camera on the windscreen has been improved with a slight cost increase of maybe $30 so the full cost would be between the stated figure and slightly upwards. There is a 6 monthly recerticfication fee but its not to much. -
Speaker: Confessions of an Uber Driver…, in reply to BenWilson,
Camers have proven to be the best thing ever for safety and more importantly protect against false compliants especially from those underage females whom like to drop everyone into it with false sexual type compliants.
Price of the lastest NZTA approved camera is $450.00. Very cheap protection insurance I think. -
yes I have, I purposely put that comment in my previous note. If a blind person can
find their way to taxi rank and some some blind persons are very capable of doing so without help of another person that person is also capable of working out the taxi details. If they have help of another person that person can work out the details for the blind person.
Summing up the issue of the braille signage in taxis advances in technology etc has reduced the importance of the signs as we move towards a level playing field. Now lets focus on the major issues of leveling out various forms of passenger transport service. -
Speaker: Confessions of an Uber Driver…, in reply to Sacha,
Every single one had passengers who had used them to verify who was the registered driver of that cab. Until blind colleagues educated me,
That statement along proves these lablels are not required, the information on the braille lable only identifies the cab number and the ATO that cab operates under.
If a blind person requires the drivers name they only have to ask for it. Now ask yourself the question how did the blind person find themselves in the cab in the first place? answer; they or someone acting for them either phoned an order through to the ATO or they walked to a taxi rank, that in it self means the taxi is identified somehow.
Since labels where required other features have been added to taxis, cameras and GPS monitoring systems, these more than replace the label, plus most blind persons would use the total mobility scheme and that electronicly records the same details as the label.
I would think the likes of Uber should be the ones requiring all forms of vehicle and driver identification not just a cell phone, which can be deactivated at any time.