Posts by goforit
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Speaker: Confessions of an Uber Driver…, in reply to BenWilson,
The NZTA lives in a fairy world these days, they do think Uber will abide to the new regs, but as we all know they will not. Uber mandate is to have zero regs so they can do what they wish when they wish.
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All the above doesn;t mean a thing until those regs come into effect. In the meantime the currant law must stand and be enforced and that means hitting the drivers until Uber come to the party. The industry is not against Uber as it is a open market these days but they need to follow NZ Law.
I operate within the law and so should every one else. -
The NZTA thinking is under the new (yet to be ratified) regs Uber has to become an ATO even if they state are are a communication company and that ATO status brings them within NZ Law.
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The reason given to us from the NZTA is "its to expensive to chase Uber but the new regulations in 1 to 2 years time will take care of all the problems".
what a joke, Uber is never going to follow the regulations. -
Sorry Ben even though I admire your views and what you think is right its the people who drive for Uber whom are non compliant with the Act. I can think of three areas without digging deep where Uber drivers are in breech of the ACT
(a) fares are not prebooked
(b) fares are not preagreed at time of booking usually on a hourly basis.
(c) dodgy PSLs etcThe first two alone if the NZTA had acted when Uber first raised its ugly head would have shut it down.
Only taxis can do on demand/non preagreed price work and to do this Uber should have been an ATO.
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NZTA used to be on top of things, over the years i seen them chase the hell out of non compliance. Once we showed the NZTA repect and we knew the outcome if they caught anyone. Even an law aboiding taxi/private hire operator like myself has had my license suspended over what I thought was a justified slight bending of the regs, Now they are toothless and come up with all sorts of excuses why they will not enforce the transport act. I cannot see any reason anymore for their existance. lets thrown all NZ law out of the windows pay no taxes, drive whenever and whatever, rip everyone off.
Hang on that is what is happening, Uber has shown us the light. -
Hi Ben, I see you and your cause is back in the news. Feed back from the public appears to be they don't care about the drivers, the law etc as they are getting low priced rides and what they think is better service. We all know if Uber was the only trnsport option the rates would be higher than the services they are trying to replace.
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you have to be joking, getting a bunch of dodgy drivers to unite, Ubers driver model is set up to pitch driver against driver. if any driver steps out of the Uber line up they are kicked out.
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Dosn't look like i can attached the file, but basicly showns for the same trip Ezygo as Uber drivers will earn at least 50% more in hand.
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Speaker: Confessions of an Uber Driver…, in reply to goforit,
I have just been contacted by the Ezygo Taxi App and been informed their launch will be this coming Fri. I have attacted an estimate of a 10km trip fare comparison.
They say compliant Uber drivers are welcome to join up.