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I don't think you quite understand. With a conventional taxi company, if something bad happens, you deal with the taxi company, get compensation, etc etc With
by eueueu 11y ago
I don't think you quite understand.
With a conventional taxi company, if something bad happens, you deal with the taxi company, get compensation, etc etc
With Uber, they wash their hands of it and say it's all the individual drivers fault. So now the drivers have to deal with any bad stuff, and their insurance companies as well.
This is Uber, pushing the risk onto drivers, so it can make more money.
- apineda 11y agopro tip: If you don't want to cover your own liability, don't drive for Uber. I have to have liability insurance for my office, $50/mo or whatever. I could have chosen to forgo it but that would have been stupid wouldn't it?
- s73v3r 11y agoI fail to see why that should prevent Uber from having to take liability.
- cthalupa 11y ago>With a conventional taxi company, if something bad happens, you deal with the taxi company, get compensation, etc etc In many places, if something bad happens with your taxi ride, you're still dealing with just the taxi driver. They are independent contractors in many places. I'm not sure what the makeup is of employees vs. independent contractors, but they are definitely out there in significant numbers. In NYC, for example, most are independent contractors, and this has resulted in a whole mess of problems ( http://nypost.com/2015/01/22/1-5m-in-taxi-drivers-money-held-up-in-court-battle/ http://nypost.com/2015/01/22/1-5m-in-taxi-drivers-money-held... )