Sentences with phrase «acting as a driver»

Drivers, though, have been using hacked phones in order to act as a driver as well as a passenger in order to trick Uber into believing that they dropped off a passenger and avail on their bonuses.

Particularly in urban areas, a more culturally diverse population may act as drivers of challenges to old ways of doing things and lead to a more pro-active political culture that seeks to express its own ambitions and agendas and thus challenge — even resist — conventional top - down flows of power, both institutionally and discursively.

One of the key provisions is that the project will draw guests from outside Erie County, or act as a driver to aid convention and / or trade show business.

One of the unique elements of the Institute is its position at the interface of academia and industry, with multidisciplinary research groups acting as a driver of innovation and the resources needed to bring these innovations to market.

We act as a driver for our clients» growth providing them with insight and foresight based on trends we derive from the considerable data pool we handle every day.

He's also traded in the likes of Dean Jones, Buddy Hackett and Michele Lee for the more contemporary co-star slate of Lindsay Lohan and Justin Long, who act as driver, mechanic, and comic relief.

Often the main character acts as the driver and we as the audience are riding «shotgun».

A screen is used on the race - inspired steering wheel and acts as the driver gauge cluster.

There is a new 4.6 - linch LCD display that acts as a driver information center.

This video also confirms that DriveClub will in fact feature two cockpit cameras à la Grid Autosport, with a traditional camera behind the wheel and another camera closer to the dash acting as a driver's eye view.

The implementation phase is being supported by a number of Champion Cities acting as drivers and guides for implementation on particular challenges.

And herein lies the problem, this article fails to discuss what is driving the rampant «resource» exploitation namely economic growth which in turn is acting as a driver of environmental degradation.

In this video, Legal Week «s John Malpas talks to Honeycomb Forensic Accounting managing director Jeffrey Davidson about how GCs can move beyond box - ticking and act as a driver of commercial culture.

No person shall conduct driver education, operate a driving school, act as a driver education instructor or represent oneself as providing driver education services without being duly licensed by the Registrar.

Not exact matches

As drivers who use Uber know, this has never been the case in the U.K.,» Tom Elvidge, Uber UK's acting general manager, said in a statement.

Today it's also everyday consumers who produce media content, design products and invest in startups — not to mention those who also act as retailers, food critics, tour guides and even taxi drivers.

Filmmaker Steven Schardt debuted Auto at Tribeca's Virtual Arcade, where viewers got to sit alongside Musay, an Ethiopian immigrant who can't find work as a traditional driver and must act as the safety driver for an automated vehicle.

This group of Uber employees flew into Miami for 10 days in part for a work retreat, and in part to act as a kind of advance squad, whose duties include networking with hospitality workers, scouting venues, and recruiting Miami Uber drivers.

Law enforcement officers posed as riders during their investigation of the service but were unable to catch Uber drivers in the act.

At a special White House event this week, members of the American Trucking Associations (ATA), along with a contingent of Road Team Captains, a group of professional drivers who act as industry «ambassadors» as part of a national outreach program, met with President Trump to discuss a range of issues affecting motor carriers, including health care.

With several drugs currently acting as significant drivers of growth, J&J's pharmaceutical segment looks well placed even as the company strives to maintain its market share in consumer healthcare and medical devices.

The nationwide analysis, released Thursday by California's insurance exchange, said repeal of the Affordable Care Act's «individual mandate» to hold insurance is the main driver, jacking up rates by 7 percent to 15 percent in 2019 and up to 10 percent in the following two years, as younger and / or healthier people decide not to get coverage.

In a study of his earlier pictures, Kolker notes that «Scorsese is interested in the psychological manifestations of individuals who are representative either of a class or of a certain ideological grouping; he is concerned with their relationship to each other or to an antagonistic environment... [and finally] there is no triumph for his characters» (A Cinema of Loneliness [Oxford University Press, 19881, p. 162) The Jesus of the Last Temptation fits this pattern (as do Travis Bickel in Taxi Driver, Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull and Paul Hackett in After Hours) By eschewing any reference to a resurrection — and, in an interesting theological note, allowing Paul to suggest that his preaching of the risen Christ is more important than the Jesus of history — Scorsese presents the crucifixion as the final willful act of a man driven by a God who makes strange demands on his followers.

So, it appears Gutierrez will act as a sort of super-sub for drivers having to miss Formula E due to a date clash.

Jack's view: «A new car this year (that looks pretty sick, yes, even with the halo) will act as a bit of a reset, it's very unlikely one team or driver will figure it out quickly, so should see a few different results...»

Driver's licence can act as both often.

She acted as brakeman for driver Mica McNeil as they won silver in the women's bobsleigh, Team GB's first - ever medal at the event.

She pleaded guilty last year of aiding the men in the escape, though she failed to execute the final portion of the plan: Acting as a get away driver for the escapees.

I would also note that in the US if the passenger insists that the driver act unsafely (speeding, ignoring traffic control devices, etc) the passenger can be held liable as well.

In its endorsement, Make The Road Action Executive Director Javier Valdés cited the push for «driver's licenses for all» as well as the backing of the state - level version of the Dream Act, a bill that would provide tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children.

Police Commissioner James O'Neill said a statement the driver made as he got out of the truck and the method of attack led police to conclude it was a terrorist act.

The government maintained that road charging would be purely designed to tackle congestion, not act as a «stealth tax» to raise revenue or track drivers via in - car technology.

The act of creating a comprehensive coalition agreement — regardless of whether the Liberal Democrats were sold a pup was one of the factors that ought to have helped the coalition function smoothly, encompassing as it did the innovation of the «Quad» as the driver of the coalition and arbitrator of disagreements.

Wednesday, Thruway Authority Acting Executive Director Matthew Driscoll announced that on Jan. 22, a web page will go live giving drivers the opportunity to pay their outstanding tolls as part of a six - point plan to get the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge's troublesome cashless tolling program back on track.

Hochul, who was once outspokenly against issuing driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants, has now come out as a top frontrunner to push the DREAM Act through.

[Johnson] boldly and simply stated that he would have voted for the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which drew boos, as did his heretical opinion that drivers licenses might be a legitimate state function.

Among the questions: why would it be bad (in the mayor's view) for Tim Wu, who is to the left of Kathy Hochul, to be LG, how does the mayor square City safety concerns with Hochul's past stances on guns, whether as a past New York City Public Advocate de Blasio supports Tim Wu's idea that the lieutenant governor should act as a statewide public advocate, Hochul's current views on drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants, whether Hochul supports NYC's municipal ID program and why Hochul and Andrew Cuomo have refused to debate their primary opponents.

As Chair of the Senate Latino Conference, Espaillat has championed state - based reform solutions, including legislation allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses, the DREAM Act and the Farmworkers Bill of Rights.

In November 2016, the City Council Women's Caucus rolled out its first - ever «legislative equality package,» which included bills calling for a report on the use of long - acting reversible contraceptives such as intrauterine devices; sexual assault awareness and prevention training for cab drivers; support for a state bill that prohibits employers from asking potential applicants for their salary history; and another state bill that gives domestic violence survivors access to breaking leases.

Peter Roberts of the Drivers» Alliance said today's vote would act as a «sharp warning» for those in government considering similar schemes elsewhere in the country.

But today's extracts from Mandelson's memoirs, which are being serialised in the Times, show that Blair kept such a close eye on Brown's fortunes that he came close to acting as a backseat driver.

He said licensed taxi companies act as an ambassador for the city, so drivers and cars need to be checked for safety and cleanliness before they hit the streets.

She cited the Federal Driver Privacy Protection Act (DPPA) as the reason she was unable to provide information regarding this license plate.

The agenda, five months in the making, includes bills that call for the creation of a task force to assess the city university system's affordability, admissions and graduation rates, a report on the use of long - acting reversible contraceptives such as intrauterine devices, sexual assault awareness and prevention training for cab drivers, a street co-naming for the original Ms. Magazine headquarters and expanding the definition of employer under the human rights law to offer protections for domestic workers.

The larger scale Cancer Genome Atlas study provided the information needed to alter proteins or RNA sequences that may act as «drivers» for prognostic biomarkers or therapeutic targets.

«I don't blame Uber for one driver's poor actions, since bad apples can appear in any organization, but I do think that when a company has a culture of bullying their way past laws and regulations, as Uber seems to do, they begin to think they can act with impunity in anything,» said Lee.

Eye Health Advanced's main driver lutein plays a critical role in the maintenance of normal visual function by acting as a potent antioxidant, thus protecting the eyes from damage caused by light - induced free radicals.

The console acts as the technology and navigation hub with ample room for both driver and passenger.

Adam Driver is Anakin - like in this movie, but his acting chops are solid, as well.

He switched gears again as the accident - scarred Austrian Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda in Ron Howard's 2013 «Rush,» and ever since, his acting career has been in overdrive.