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skippy41
 Post subject: Uber out of London
PostPosted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:09 am 
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Sussex
 Post subject: Re: Uber out of London
PostPosted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:19 am 
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Oh dear.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50544283

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Karga
 Post subject: Re: Uber out of London
PostPosted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:31 am 
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Guardian reporting the same: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ ... london-tfl

Seems the primary cause is drivers not insured or licenced. I've no idea how their sign up process works, but some quick googling indicates that they have to provide proof of insurance and a TFL licence in order to get approved. Are the drivers providing false documentation?
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 Post subject: Re: Uber out of London
PostPosted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:45 am 
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They will appeal and win.
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Sussex
 Post subject: Re: Uber out of London
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Karga wrote:
Guardian reporting the same: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ ... london-tfl

Seems the primary cause is drivers not insured or licenced. I've no idea how their sign up process works, but some quick googling indicates that they have to provide proof of insurance and a TFL licence in order to get approved. Are the drivers providing false documentation?

I think drivers are logging on that aren’t licensed.

Also their insurance is not like ours. They can have short on and off insurance which allows family to drive the vehicle.

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Sussex
 Post subject: Re: Uber out of London
PostPosted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:57 am 
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Nidge2 wrote:
They will appeal and win.

Maybe but it won’t be the same Judge this time.

If I was a betting man I think the final solution will be the fingerprint and/or Face ID log on.

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roythebus
 Post subject: Re: Uber out of London
PostPosted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 12:04 pm 
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One of the comments in the Indy report says abou drivers becoming unemployed, but they are not employed by Poober in the first place. Doh..

As for insurance to let their families drive ph cars, that's illegal anyway unless they're licenced ph drivers.
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Karga
 Post subject: Re: Uber out of London
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Sussex wrote:
I think drivers are logging on that aren’t licensed.


What stops someone doing that in Autocab or similar? Hell, what stops someone else just jumping in my black cab and driving it around?
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roythebus
 Post subject: Re: Uber out of London
PostPosted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 12:06 pm 
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As a bit of an aside, one of the bus drivers I worked with a couple of years ago said he was leaving the company to drive for Uber. He was on pretty good money where he was but convinced us he would be better off blah blah... The truthe emerged when his case was announced in the press when it was reported that he'd been jailed for 5 years for a multi-million ££ fraud involing selling properties that weren't his. so much for driving for uber.
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skippy41
 Post subject: Re: Uber out of London
PostPosted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 12:09 pm 
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If the APP is turned off in London or wherever its comes from, will it affect all the rest of the Uber drivers spread out across the UK
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Karga
 Post subject: Re: Uber out of London
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skippy41 wrote:
If the APP is turned off in London or wherever its comes from, will it affect all the rest of the Uber drivers spread out across the UK


No, they're two different companies.
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Sussex
 Post subject: Re: Uber out of London
PostPosted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 12:30 pm 
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14,000 iffy jobs might have had something to do with it.

https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/25/tfl-foun ... -11214268/

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Karga
 Post subject: Re: Uber out of London
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Oof, that's quite the cock up
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edders23
 Post subject: Re: Uber out of London
PostPosted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 12:41 pm 
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looks like brighton will get an influx of Uber :lol:

seriously though how many towns do uber operate in but have NO license ?

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grandad
 Post subject: Re: Uber out of London
PostPosted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 5:41 pm 
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roythebus wrote:

As for insurance to let their families drive ph cars, that's illegal anyway unless they're licenced ph drivers.

It is not illegal if you are licensed by TFL.

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