Kopfkino Posted 22 September 2017 Share Posted 22 September 2017 http://news.sky.com/story/transport-for-london-will-not-renew-ubers-licence-11047580 TfL can do one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innovindil Posted 22 September 2017 Share Posted 22 September 2017 Never used them so can't really judge. Plenty of horror stories about them online though. Does seem a bit like the few ruining it for the many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theessexfox Posted 22 September 2017 Share Posted 22 September 2017 40,000 drivers employed in London. You'd expect many would be hired by similar companies, but not all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 22 September 2017 Share Posted 22 September 2017 So everyone has to start paying a fortune for black cabs again now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 22 September 2017 Share Posted 22 September 2017 10 minutes ago, KingGTF said: http://news.sky.com/story/transport-for-london-will-not-renew-ubers-licence-11047580 TfL can do one Surely it's quite a good thing? They'll obviously appeal and if they have to demonstrate they're improving their attitude towards passenger safety in order to get the license back then good on tfl? It's going to be their biggest UK market, they'll obviously do whatever they need to to appease tfl. If it's just a shake down for more money that's sad but if you take tfl at their word then cool. Good on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indierich06 Posted 22 September 2017 Share Posted 22 September 2017 They will appeal. Seems like TfL is trying to force Uber to make some changes - and they are needed to be fair. There's an average of one sexual assault by Uber drivers every week, and the companies treatment of it's staff is terrible. I imagine they'll make a few pledges and win back their license on appeal. Just stinks of TfL trying to look like it's cracking down on Uber, and Khan trying to do something to appease the taxi drivers' union. Khan might be a lot of things, but he's no mug - he doesn't want to cut about 40,000 jobs in the city and piss off the hundreds of thousands of Londoners who use them every day. Most people I know wouldn't switch to using black cabs anyway - they're too expensive - it would just be back to night buses and night tubes for me and my mates. Bit more inconvenient, but hey-ho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovejoy Posted 22 September 2017 Share Posted 22 September 2017 13 minutes ago, KingGTF said: http://news.sky.com/story/transport-for-london-will-not-renew-ubers-licence-11047580 TfL can do one Initial reaction is a bit annoyed, but that's quite selfish of me. I only ever use Uber when I'm battered or with work associates. Time to take out a mortgage for every black cab journey again though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMX11 Posted 22 September 2017 Share Posted 22 September 2017 Good old special interests using their influence again, to the detriment of most people........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingcarr21 Posted 22 September 2017 Share Posted 22 September 2017 Good. This will increase the number of FakeTaxi videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 22 September 2017 Share Posted 22 September 2017 9 minutes ago, SMX11 said: Good old special interests using their influence again, to the detriment of most people........ Except they aren't saying uber can't operate in London, they're saying uber can only operate in London if they improve their passenger safety record and improve their service. So it's only to the detriment of uber and their purse strings, it's actually to benefit joe public? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokes Posted 22 September 2017 Share Posted 22 September 2017 Im with finnegan on this, Uber needed a rocket up its arse and this should prove to be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indierich06 Posted 22 September 2017 Share Posted 22 September 2017 31 minutes ago, Lovejoy said: Initial reaction is a bit annoyed, but that's quite selfish of me. I only ever use Uber when I'm battered or with work associates. Time to take out a mortgage for every black cab journey again though. It's not even the price that irks me the most about them, it's the fact that you have to find and hail one, you usually have to have cash because they won't take cards, if they do the card machines take ages to work, and half of them won't go south of the river after about midnight - nothing like the convenience of just getting an Uber. Bunch of jokers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoboFox Posted 22 September 2017 Share Posted 22 September 2017 Just took my first black cab in years, was WAAAAAAAAAY better than I remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 22 September 2017 Share Posted 22 September 2017 1 minute ago, indierich06 said: It's not even the price that irks me the most about them, it's the fact that you have to find and hail one, you usually have to have cash because they won't take cards, if they do the card machines take ages to work, and half of them won't go south of the river after about midnight - nothing like the convenience of just getting an Uber. Bunch of jokers. It's the non stop talking that bothers me, I don't mind a small "How are you, where you from, what you doing" chat in the cab but sometimes it's 35 mins non stop jabbering all the way from the station to the hotel. If the Uber driver can't speak completely fluent English (usually the case in my experience) he isn't going to bore me to death about the time he used to go and watch Tottenham in 1989. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokes Posted 22 September 2017 Share Posted 22 September 2017 1 minute ago, RoboFox said: Just took my first black cab in years, was WAAAAAAAAAY better than I remember. I dont get it but my friend is laughing his head off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoboFox Posted 22 September 2017 Share Posted 22 September 2017 3 hours ago, Strokes said: I dont get it but my friend is laughing his head off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indierich06 Posted 22 September 2017 Share Posted 22 September 2017 6 minutes ago, MattP said: It's the non stop talking that bothers me, I don't mind a small "How are you, where you from, what you doing" chat in the cab but sometimes it's 35 mins non stop jabbering all the way from the station to the hotel. If the Uber driver can't speak completely fluent English (usually the case in my experience) he isn't going to bore me to death about the time he used to go and watch Tottenham in 1989. 100% - Love getting into an Uber knowing that I can just sit there on my phone and not get bothered. Although, I've had a few mad Uber drivers that were very chatty in my time too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theessexfox Posted 22 September 2017 Share Posted 22 September 2017 It's not either Uber or a black cab, many minicab companies have developed apps now I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMX11 Posted 22 September 2017 Share Posted 22 September 2017 35 minutes ago, Finnegan said: Except they aren't saying uber can't operate in London, they're saying uber can only operate in London if they improve their passenger safety record and improve their service. So it's only to the detriment of uber and their purse strings, it's actually to benefit joe public? I am little sceptical of a reduction of consumer choice based on some discretions as mentioned. If people have a bad service they aren't likely to use said service again unless the cost or convenience is so much greater than the alternative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adster Posted 22 September 2017 Share Posted 22 September 2017 I'm guessing even I'm too old for this. But what is a Fake Taxi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellend Sebastian Posted 22 September 2017 Share Posted 22 September 2017 3 minutes ago, Adster said: I'm guessing even I'm too old for this. But what is a Fake Taxi? It relates to a genre of special interest film. Does that help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 22 September 2017 Share Posted 22 September 2017 5 minutes ago, Adster said: I'm guessing even I'm too old for this. But what is a Fake Taxi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adster Posted 22 September 2017 Share Posted 22 September 2017 Just now, StanSP said: Ahh I should've guessed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastAnglianFox Posted 22 September 2017 Share Posted 22 September 2017 jeez that was quick upload @StanSP it's almost like you had them already downloaded or something..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 22 September 2017 Share Posted 22 September 2017 Just now, EastAnglianFox said: jeez that was quick upload @StanSP it's almost like you had them already downloaded or something..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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