Uber Partners and Drivers

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by timjahn • 13 years ago

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dishank• 13 years ago

I always loved this idea of business, it allows for you to make some extra money when you have time. I remember another product a couple of years ago that didn't do so well. It was located in Georgia, it has since closed down. The biggest problem they had was with the ability to scale this product to keep the attention to customers high while keeping costs low.

borlak• 13 years ago

Russians have been doing this for years, without any company involved. Don't want to wait for taxi or trams? Just put your arm out, and someone will stop, and you tell them where you want to go and ask 'how much'? They call them private drivers.

Want to make some extra money on the weekend? Be a private driver. Hang out near tram stops and you will get customers..

vlokshin• 13 years ago

Direct competition to Sidecar? (Lyft as well, but Lyft schedules the drivers a bit)

robertwalsh0• 13 years ago

I feel like this it just one assault away from hurting Uber's brand big time.

Bockit• 13 years ago

This is something they're going to have to deal with eventually. It will happen, and it will suck, and they will have to manage it. I think once you reach a large enough scale in a business connecting strangers, unsavoury events are statistically unavoidable. I guess the trick is not just mitigating the chance but also being ready to respond. Which means both to the victims and to the public.

robbiep• 13 years ago

The horse has sort of bolted on this one

http://www.autostraddle.com/raped-by-an-uber-cab-driver-horr...

johncarrion5• 13 years ago

This article is terrible. There is no "rape", no "rapist", and no "survivor" until a trial has been conducted. Until then, there is only an "accuser" and an "accused". The article also links to a report that only 54% of rapes are reported to the police. Until there has been a trial, there is no way to know if there has been a rape. What they mean is that 54% of people who claim rape do not report it to the police. I don't know they know that even.

flomo• 13 years ago

Yellow Cab's brandname has survived.

In any case, I thought Uber's 'difference' was the professional black car/limo drivers. Judging by this page, they're now signing up randoms who are behind on the payments on their 09 Hyundai. As a former driver, that's a huge leap in my mind.

majmun• 13 years ago

I don't see reason why same (or better) security measures that are present in normal cabs can't be implemented in uber. Maybe there are already?

chrsstrm• 13 years ago

The second image in the rotator showed something I found interesting. Do drivers rate passengers as well as passengers rating drivers? What seems to be the name of the pickup at the bottom of the screen has a rating behind the name.

stbtrax• 13 years ago

yes, I've seen an uber driver get prompted to rate me at the end of a fare

josteink• 13 years ago

What's up with the name? Uber? Is it supposed to be Über? And if so, how does that even make sense?

What do they even do? I had to go to their normal homepage to get a vague idea. They have a brand saying pretty much nothing.

This seems like a company prime for a future identity-crisis.

jordanthoms• 13 years ago

They used to be called UberCab, but they were forced to change their name by regulators.

thetylerhayes• 13 years ago

This comment just popped my Silicon Valley bubble.

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