Not only was an Uber driver 30 minutes late to his destination, but somehow during the ride, his customer got attacked by spiders.
The Charlotte-area rider says he discovered the bites after the trip. He details his greivances – which include pictures – in the first official complaint filed with the state’s attorney general against the company.
As the Triangle Business Journal reports, despite the mega-eww factor of this complaint, it’s benign compared to those that AGs around the country have received. “Attorneys general in some states, including New York, launched investigations into the legality of the service itself. And, in Virginia, taxi drivers have asked Attorney General Mark Herring to shut the service down.”
Lyft, another ride-share program, has yet to receive any complaints in North Carolina.
This article appears in Jul 30 – Aug 5, 2014.
Yes because as we all know, yellow cabs are models of sterility and cleanliness.
Face it, the market has found a way to circumvent the government imposed monopoly of surly and overpriced yellows, and the politicians and bureaucrats are going nuts over the loss of the bribe system (hello Patrick Cannon and million-dollar NYC taxi “medallions”).
I wonder how many complaints the local cab companies have had filed on them in the past year that the ridesharing companies have been operating here? But it’s ok, don’t bother doing any research, just rewrite the article for us.
A little tip for Ms. McKenzie,
Being an “alternative newsweekly” means putting in a little more legwork than copying and pasting a link and a quote from a Chamber Of Commerce mouthpiece like the Business Journal. I hope you didn’t bill your employer for the 45 seconds it took to compose this drivel.
You contact the company and a car comes to your location and transports you to your destination then you give the driver money. By what twisted logic is that NOT a taxi? Why should the drivers not be regulated the same as other taxis?