Uber v Taxis
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@Kruse said in Uber v Taxis:
I got done for jaywalking within an hour of arriving in the US. My response was "sorry - I come from a country where people are trusted to know how to cross the road safely"
It could have been worse. If you are black they probably would have shot you
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@antipodean said in Uber v Taxis:
@Snowy My statement is a reflection of Queensland's well-earned reputation for lazy, racist police.
Genuine question - how did you come to the conclusion that Qld police are lazy and racist?
In my experience Qld police officers are no different to anyone else in society - there are good ones, bad ones, lazy ones, hard working ones, fat ones, skinny ones, racist ones, tolerant ones...you get the picture.
Also, you mentioned Qld is a police state. What do you base this on? Is this a reference to the bikie laws? Again, in my experience, Qld police are tied down by just as many laws and policies that protect the criminal and make the job harder as any other state in Australia. -
@Crazy-Horse said in Uber v Taxis:
@antipodean said in Uber v Taxis:
@Snowy My statement is a reflection of Queensland's well-earned reputation for lazy, racist police.
Genuine question - how did you come to the conclusion that Qld police are lazy and racist?
I lived there for a decade. My wife's family is from Queensland. I have two close mates who were police officers in Queensland after serving elsewhere and that's their opinions too. Neither of them could believe how unprofessional the organisation was.
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@Rocky-Rockbottom said in Uber v Taxis:
@Kruse said in Uber v Taxis:
I got done for jaywalking within an hour of arriving in the US.
i got invited at stay at a gay bloke's house within 30 mins of arriving in the US.
shit i mustve been a handsome fluffybunny back then
Or was it the wide and inviting mouth?
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@canefan said in Uber v Taxis:
@Rocky-Rockbottom said in Uber v Taxis:
@Kruse said in Uber v Taxis:
I got done for jaywalking within an hour of arriving in the US.
i got invited at stay at a gay bloke's house within 30 mins of arriving in the US.
shit i mustve been a handsome fluffybunny back then
Or was it the wide and inviting mouth?
Probably the arseless chaps.
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@antipodean I can understand where your friends are coming from, sometimes I am incredibly embarrassed by the Qld Police (eg the weak as piss pursuit policy). I am jaded, cynical and pissed off with the organisation, but from my research and experience many police officers around the world feel the same about their own organisations. Police around the world have a saying TJF (The Job's Fucked) and that pretty much sums things up.
Outside of the attitude changes that police officers (particularly frontline officers) all over the world experience as they progress in timed served, I have not seen anything to suggest Qld Police officers are any more or less racist than the general public. Police stereotype for sure, and much of it is done along race and gender lines, but I doubt Qld police are any worse.
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Uber has been in Cairns for a week, 7 fucking days, and already one of their drivers was arrested for DUI twice, in the same night, once with paying passengers.
You stay classy North Queensland
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Uber'd for the first time a couple of weeks ago - think I got UberX because the car was a brand new Camry, leather, clean as fuck with a big African dude driving it. Happened to be interested in solar power i.e. learning about it and going back home to Nigeria to help deploy it. so it was the best 10 minute ride I've had in a taxi-like transport
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@NTA said in Uber v Taxis:
Uber'd for the first time a couple of weeks ago - think I got UberX because the car was a brand new Camry, leather, clean as fuck with a big African dude driving it. Happened to be interested in solar power i.e. learning about it and going back home to Nigeria to help deploy it. so it was the best 10 minute ride I've had in a taxi-like transport
10 minute uber in Sydney? Where'd you go, to the end of you street?
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@Kirwan said in Uber v Taxis:
@gollum said in Uber v Taxis:
On the criminal side, if the law makers have any concept of forward thought they should start enforcing jaywalking laws in the next few years. Start with warnings, then small fines, then ramp it up.
If self drive comes in & people just amble across the road that'll create huge traffic jams as the cars will brake. So then more & more assholes will just stroll across the road when they feel like it. So you really want 4 or 5 years of people being weaned off jaywalking before we get there.
That's a damn good point.
Humans being humans will find a way to game a system. The flip side will be it will be always safe to cross the road, I guess.
Cars won't need horns any more...so the horn money can be spent on installing tasers.
Edit - just realised I replied to a post a couple of months old!
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@Chris-B. Ladies and gentleman, welcome to Nelson, where the local time is 1987, please set your watches accordingly
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www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/news/92592333/petrol-cars-will-vanish-in-eight-years-says-us-report
That's quite the prediction... Marginal cost of EVs is much lower than PVs, so look for EVs to take over sooner rather than later, and go driverless while they're at it.
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@Godder Eight years. Eight.
Google, Apple, and Foxconn have the disruptive edge, and are going in for the kill. Silicon Valley is where the auto action is, not Detroit, Wolfsburg, or Toyota City.
Without wishing to shit on yet another economist's pronouncements; Prof Seba doesn't seem to be aware nor understand that the existing auto manufacturers are the ones with the giant playsets, the distribution channels and repair networks. They're the ones with the engineers and corporate knowledge to make vehicles. They're also the ones pumping more money than tech companies into automotive technology. He seems to think they're still playing Nero, while Detroit burns.
I don't see Google, Apple, and Foxconn in motorsport. Where's their efforts in F1 and Le Mans LMP1 class?
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@antipodean said in Uber v Taxis:
Where's their efforts in F1 and Le Mans LMP1 class?
The question for me: does electric car racing has as much to offer in terms of petrol car racing in terms of R&D?
Overall it is a lot simpler in terms of drive train, efficiency targets, etc. Most of the developments would be around battery life - mainly energy density - and that can be lab-managed probably as well as on the track.
I too am skeptical about 8 years. Certainly there are countries like India who have the opportunity to produce electric cars in quantity in a rapidly developing society. Nations like Norway and Denmark plan to phase out ICEV by 2025.
But jeez... you'd need a LOT more big auto players - particularly in the US - to move into the electric sector. Dealers lose money for selling the current Chevy Volt so they're not actually keen on selling it. In Europe the big automakers are only just starting to get going. A lot of electric options aren't even being offered in nations like Australia because the volume isn't high enough.
Maybe by 2030 we'll have ~25% of sales as electric.
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