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[email protected] · June 8th 16, 09:23 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On Wed, 8 Jun 2016 02:05:47 -0700 (PDT)
wrote:
On Wednesday, 8 June 2016 10:11:28 UTC+2, wrote:
On Wed, 8 Jun 2016 00:08:13 +0100
Neil Williams wrote:
On 2016-06-07 08:18:37 +0000, d said:

Its no different to if a minicab firm has its cars driving around wait=
ing for
messages on the radio to go pick up someone nearby.

Which they are allowed to do, and it is a common use-case for minicabs=
=20
outside London.
=20
So they just drive around an area waiting for a radio call to pick
someone up? I doubt that. Even if they did , its still a call from a
central dispatch office, not a direct call from a customer which is the
crucial difference.

Difference between what? There is no direct communication between driver a=
nd customer with Uber, save for any incidental conversation they might have=
in the car. The requests for cars are submitted to a central dispatch ser=
vice that matches customers to drivers and gives drivers instructions where=
to go. Just like with any other minicab.

https://help.uber.com/h/9a5b1660-9de...3-62569c3cd749

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