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by will_brown 2706 days ago
>From my experience, people signing up for these type of work range from generally ok (most Uber drivers) to absolutely desperate for money

Come on down to Miami, where it’s not unusual for the actual uber driver to be different than uber drivers profile.

You can’t really get more shady than exploiting undocumented immigrants who can’t get a DL, and having them illegally without a DL by driving under someone else’s uber account for a fraction.
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ddingus 2706 days ago
There is no way I would get into the car. I personally avoid gig services for a number of reasons.

Seeing a mismatch? Yeah, never again.

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mpeg 2706 days ago
That's no different than traditional taxi services. Getting a taxi license is time-consuming and expensive in most places (as sometimes you have to buy from an existing license-holder)

Taxi drivers will therefore try to maximise their investment, so they have people driving their car 24/7, on shifts.

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will_brown 2705 days ago
That is significantly different than having People without drivers licenses driving (a criminal offense in most jurisdictions) the taxis and fraudulently misreprenting the drivers to the public (again typically a criminal offense).

There would be nothing wrong with having two uber drivers with two legitimate uber accounts splitting the car...not allowing an unlicensed person driver for uber under someone else’s account.

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