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At what point do the drivers set the rate

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

No.

The setting of your own fares, as a driver, is only one of many issues the Supreme Court (following on from the various lower courts) found in deciding the worker status of drivers.

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IDFIMH

I would imagine they tell Bolt that they want to work at base rate plus 25% or the base rate plus 50%, so the drivers set the rate and the app shows that rate to any prospective customers.

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IDFIMH

and the customer says bye bye I'm trying *b^r

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

Maybe, but Bolt wouldn't be allowing this function if they thought that would be the outcome.

The problem the app firms currently have is that drivers are blanking work and customers are waiting.

Uber and Bolt don't seem to have any problems clearing work when they are offering the surge rates.

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IDFIMH

So are all these cancellations anything to do with the self-employment thing?

Can't be bothered looking back, but seem to recall that Uber drivers were only allowed to cancel a couple of jobs, but maybe that's been relaxed because of the self-employment issue, and they can now just cancel any job they want?

I suspect it was.

Before drivers got put on the naughty step if they binned a few jobs, and removed from the app if it continued.

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IDFIMH

The Reuters press notice announcing Bolt's plan included this:


https://www.reuters.com/business/autos- ... 021-11-15/


These are links to the two relevant articles on Uber's site, aimed at drivers. The second one in particular will do your nut

But try reading it and it will demonstrate how difficult it is to analyse the impact of these things on the ground.


California Drivers: Set your own fares when you drive with Uber

https://www.uber.com/blog/california/set-your-fares/


Upcoming changes to the Driver app

https://www.uber.com/blog/california/up ... river-app/

but is it really in the interests of the consumer to make pricing less simple and clear ?

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

Quite the reverse.

When a customer logs on to the Uber app, inquiring about availability, they are given the price. It's crystal clear.

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IDFIMH

Bolt back down on plans to let drivers set their own rates, due to high court ruling. According to the daily telegraph, so it must be true.

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Former taxi driver