I've heard 'as early as spring" but I see legislation in DSM looks to be putting crippling insurance standards onto UBER as a company beyond what the drivers have.
Torbee, where's the QC at with UBER
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UBEr runs a background check, have to have insurance on file, and licensed. My issue with anything like this is I'm quite libertarian so I look at it very Ron Swanson like. The revenue for the local municipalities will come naturally.
Whatever happened to "Hey, I have some apples, would you like to buy them?" "Yes, thank you!" That's as complicated as it should be to open a business in this country.
I think this is how they gauge interest. I filled out an app mostly because I'm very curious how it works on the backend. I have very little interest in actually driving people but I wanted to check it out. So I stated an app a month or so back, maybe even in Dec. I can't remember, and never finished uploading my ins. and registration. I have been reminded, very frequently, to finish my application and they even had people in town over a couple of different days to help people finish their applications.
Part of why I asked was the emails have gotten so frequent that I thought maybe it was live already and they were still in need of drivers due to demand. I finished the application this morning and then looked and realized it still isn't live in QC.
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MNHawk is exactly right.
They don't talk details with anyone - even city officials - until they determine if they are coming for sure, and they don't know that until they know if they can get enough drivers and what the demand might be.
So long story short, I have no idea.
Uber recently backed out of starting their operation
in Bloomington, Illinois. Legal counsel for the city
said Uber needed to be in compliance with both the
city and state of Illinois laws. So it was put on hold.
Uber headquarters said that their goal is to hire
1 million female drivers by the year 2020.
As I understand it, you would make your call for
a taxi over the internet. Uber would have the latest
technology to make it work.
in Bloomington, Illinois. Legal counsel for the city
said Uber needed to be in compliance with both the
city and state of Illinois laws. So it was put on hold.
Uber headquarters said that their goal is to hire
1 million female drivers by the year 2020.
As I understand it, you would make your call for
a taxi over the internet. Uber would have the latest
technology to make it work.
One of the issues is with insurance. A typical policy for a regular driver is not going to cover you for commercial purposes (Über, delivering pizzas). Uber's policy will cover you if you have a customer in the car, but not while you're waiting for a customer (and possibly not on the way to pick someone up, though I'm not sure about that). So if you get hit while you're working (just waiting for a customer), you're likely SOL. Über has encouraged drivers, particularly in California, to lie on insurance/registration paperwork.
