Sentences with phrase «by the driver as»

Four words shouted by the driver as he bumped off the road and started looking for a garage.

The blind roller coaster curve demands a leap of faith by drivers as they hurtle over the summit.

Stylised in a Union Jack motif, the colour of the background lighting for the decorative strip matches that of the vehicle's ambient lighting selected by the driver as part of the MINI Excitement Package.

The car's safety ratings were also noted by drivers as a top selling point.

Canadian Tire Motorsport Park is recognized by drivers as one of the most challenging tracks on the schedule.

Perhaps the results are not that surprising - traffic is perceived by drivers as getting worse in the last

Perhaps the results are not that surprising - traffic is perceived by drivers as getting worse in the last three years.

In a recent car accident injury case, I represented a twenty - three year old woman who had been hit by another driver as she was driving down a rural highway.

This type of coverage applies to injuries sustained by the driver as well as passengers in the vehicle.

It is a good way for the car to move at maximum speed using the high gears of the car, which can be applied by the driver as clutch control is being utilized.

Not exact matches

Uber has sought arbitration in other cases involving alleged sexual violence against its passengers by drivers, as well as in battles with its drivers seeking better compensation.

Regulators such as the Financial Services Commission of Ontario have also strongly expressed the opinion that telematics devices should be used primarily for the benefit of the consumer, and to help individuals become better drivers (as evidenced by a presentation given by the FSCO at a UBI Symposium this past February).

Uber's case is that the driver enters into a binding agreement with a person whose identity he does not know (and will never know) and who does not know and will never know his identity, to undertake a journey to a destination not told to him until the journey begins, by a route prescribed by a stranger to the contract [Uber] from which he is not free to depart (at least not without risk), for a fee which (a) is set by the stranger, and (b) is not known by the passenger (who only is told the total to be paid), (c) is calculated by the stranger (as a percentage of the total sum) and (d) is paid to the stranger.

To sign up as a driver, start by going to Uber's website, and click on the «Become a Driver» bdriver, start by going to Uber's website, and click on the «Become a Driver» bDriver» button.

In Texas, it's looking as though there is a strong chance that legislation could be approved by the state that would allow Uber and Lyft to return to Austin without having to spend on fingerprint checks for its drivers.

According to research conducted by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, 26 per cent of all fatal and injury crashes are attributed to driver fatigue, and in 2006, as many as 167,000 Ontario drivers were involved in at least one crash due to fatigue or drowsiness.

Uber Canada's general manager Rob Khazzam said the introduction of the feature follows similar moves made by the company in other countries, as part of an effort to curb driver drowsiness and make the platform safer.

Workers in safety - critical jobs will still be tested, and some, such as airline pilots and truck drivers, are governed by federal rules.

Backup human drivers in Uber's self - driving cars had to take over about once every mile as of March 8, according to documents obtained by Recode (Uber doesn't make its data publicly available).

Autopilot is marketed by Tesla as a semi-autonomous driving system rather than fully autonomous that handles all aspects of driving in certain conditions without expectation of the driver's involvement.

The rise in contract workers, such as Uber drivers, or those who work temporary positions for companies means that many U.S. workers are not protected by these laws.

As reports of assaults by drivers against female riders became a staple of news reports, Uber's go - to move was pointing out that taxi drivers have also attacked people.

The IEA expects that number to rise to 50 million by 2025, and to 280 million by 2040, as countries everywhere encourage their drivers to make the change to e-mobility.

Uber's willingness to ban racists will likely be received well by many drivers, more than half of whom were non-white as of January 2015.

On Thursday, the National Transportation Safety Board said that after a series of public disclosures by Tesla it had taken the unusual step of revoking Tesla's status as a formal party to its investigation of a March 23 crash in California that killed a driver who was using Autopilot.

Its primary business is specialty insurance, such as insuring automobiles for drivers that do not meet the criteria for coverage by standard automobile insurers.

As envisioned by Solar Roadways, the roads would heat themselves — meaning little to no work to maintain them in winter — and have lights that could replace street signs and warn drivers of impediments ahead.

San Francisco - based Breeze, founded this year, offers customers week - by - week access to vehicles they can use to support jobs as drivers for Uber, Lyft and other sharing - economy platforms; co-founder Jeffrey Pang describes the service as an «equalizer» for those who want to get in on the action but don't have cars of their own.

In January, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said he expected Uber to roll out an autonomous ride - hailing service by mid-2019, but that timeline may be pushed back, as the company will have to provide reassurance that an autonomous ride - hailing service will be safer for passengers and pedestrians than one operated by human drivers.

It did not name the driver, identified by ABC 7 News as Apple engineer and former EA programmer Walter Huang, while confirming that its Autopilot feature was engaged at the time of the crash.

I was walking down the street the other day and as I crossed a driveway a car came speeding out, the driver didn't slow down at all, missing me by a few inches.

My colleague Josh Barro wrote that he's not as nervous about a Trump presidency as he was before because «economic fundamentals are by far the largest driver of a president's popularity.»

Like competitors Postmates and UberEats, among others, it provides a sleek mobile app and website for customers to browse and order, and handles the delivery by employing its own drivers — as contract workers, of course.

The company has worked to distinguish itself from its larger rival, Uber, in part by positioning itself as the company that treats drivers better.

Some of those issues are driven by a trend for drivers to take maximum - and unhelpful - advantage of the inducements offered by Uber as it attempts to gain a foothold.

Driving Dynasty: Tan's great - grandfather worked as a taxi driver, and his grandfather built a Malaysian automotive empire by importing Japanese cars.

Starting out as a screenwriter, he instantly became a star by writing Martin Scorsese's 1976 classic «Taxi Driver.»

The deal is a clear indication of Uber's determination to ditch drivers in in its minicabs, and is the latest move by traditional vehicle manufacturers looking to team up with Silicon Valley firms long seen as disruptive threats to their industry.

Merel said at the time that his tech advisory firm doesn't expect video games to be the «primary driver for HoloLens» as the augmented reality market will reach $ 120 billion by 2020.

As for the voluntary fingerprinting program, Austin's mayor hopes that drivers will be motivated to participate by the incentives that are included like the ability to pick up passengers at the airport.

The news of Greyball comes as Uber struggles with several company mishaps and controversies, including allegations of sexual harassment by a former employee and co-founder Travis Kalanick's outburst at one of the company's drivers.

The construction industry has emerged as a key driver of the nascent commercial drone industry, which some analysts believe will top $ 5 billion by 2020.

«The findings showed no mineralogical evidence for abundant liquid water or its by - products, thus pointing to mechanisms other than the flow of water — such as the freeze and thaw of carbon dioxide frost — as being the major drivers of recent gully evolution,» the team explained in the press release.

The law followed now - familiar protests from traditional taxi firms, furious at the competition posed by services such as Uber, which do not adhere to the same licensing standards and can offer lower prices by having drivers bear the costs of their vehicles.

It is misguided, he says, to assess an airport's value solely by its operational profitability; its role as an economic driver also needs to be taken into account.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)- A lawsuit filed by drivers against ride service Uber should not proceed as a class action, the company argued in a court filing on Thursday, citing written statements of support from hundreds of other Uber drivers in a case that could decide whether they are independent contractors or employees.

Some researchers argue that it is impossible to determine when a contractor is truly working for a company during the times when the worker is waiting to pick up a ride, because the driver could be using two applications at once or attending to personal business.100 However, as noted in a 2016 report by the Economic Policy Institute, both Uber and Lyft already have guaranteed pay plans that they use in some markets during certain hours that pay workers guaranteed minimum earnings per hour based on their entire time logged into the system, including waiting times.101

A new report by Buzzfeed reveals that Uber drivers are not making as much money as previously thought.

Go - Jek is already looking to step into the void by expanding its Indonesia - based service into Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines, but now a source tells TechCrunch that the ambitious startup has held early - stage talks with Comfort that could see it enter Singapore as ride - hailing partner for its 15,000 drivers.

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