Sentences with phrase «for drivers time»

Account for drivers time off on day to day bases to secure drivers safety and stay on top of their hours of vehicle driving.

Not exact matches

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While the technology has been around for some time now, according to Howard, «the insights brands can derive from listening have more recently been recognized as a driver of strategic decisions.»

When you climb into a Tesla (tsla) as a first - time passenger, drivers turn giddy at the chance for show - and - tell — especially in China, where Vanessa Zhu is playing host on this sunny spring day in Beijing.

While your drivers will be at your service for the accounts and contracts you retain, the pressure is on to have no down time because you're paying for those drivers and those vehicles whether you're using them or not.

That decision was certainly the right one for me and my opportunities in business at the time and, looking back now, I would have to say it worked out pretty well for us and also the driver that wound up getting that rookie test.

Joe Seiner, a professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law, recently told me he believes certifying Uber drivers as a class ignores the different «economic realities» that affect drivers who approach Uber as a full - time job or career and those who use it for occasional income supplementation.

Recode obtained documents that show Uber's self - driving cars require the human standby driver to take control an average 10 times for every 8 miles of driving.

You will be able to route drivers on the fastest route, limit wasted fuel, schedule maintenance more effectively for vehicles, and improve response times for customers.

Its profits and stock took a hit in 2016 and 2017, due to write - offs from a poorly timed earlier bet: Signature had become a major financier of permits for New York taxi drivers, just in time for the Uber era.

For entrepreneurs who are frequent city drivers, the Tesla's Autopilot feature is a huge time saver.

Over time, there will not be a need for drivers to keep their hands on the wheel, however in the short term it is very important that the driver stay fully engaged.

The Democratic former Secretary of State worries about ride - sharing service drivers making ends meet, but also praises the company for «creating exciting opportunities,» the Times reported.

The system grants the driver a one time permission for entry and a customer can monitor the proceedings remotely via security camera after being alerted to the driver's arrival via a text.

QNX, which made more than 60 % of the core software inside the world's car infotainment systems in 2011, has partnered with The Weather Network to send location - based weather data to drivers, and the intelligent dashboard system in many of Nissan's 2013 models, for instance, will feed drivers real - time local fuel prices, flight - status information, and points of interest supplied by Google.

The incident raised questions about the safety of systems that can perform driving tasks for extended stretches of time with little or no human intervention, but which can not completely replace human drivers.

In its findings on Tuesday, the NTSB said the self - driving system's «operational design» was a contributing factor to the 2016 crash because it allows drivers to avoid steering or watching the road for lengthy periods of time that were «inconsistent» with warnings from Tesla.

Autopilot issues visual and audio alerts if the driver's hands leave the steering wheel for a period of time.

This time it's Jimmie Johnson, driver of the # 48 Lowe's Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports and winner of seven Nascar championships.

The Times also reported that Uber has «experimented with video game techniques, graphics and non-cash rewards of little value that can prod drivers into working longer and harder — and sometimes at hours and locations that are less lucrative for them.»

For example, in China, Uber at the time offered incentives for drivers to sign up new useFor example, in China, Uber at the time offered incentives for drivers to sign up new usefor drivers to sign up new users.

Peggy Young started working for UPS in 1999; in 2002, she took on a part - time role as a truck driver, picking up air shipments.

When it came time for traveling, Chmielewski said Pruitt told his drivers to surpass the speeding limit in residential areas and use sirens to allow him to bypass traffic on the way to both meetings and social events.

He gently taps on their window, because last time he was here filling in for a driver, he rang the doorbell and accidentally woke up a baby.

While some companies like Tesla already offer semi-autonomous technology — where the driver can take their hands off the wheel for brief periods of time — it is likely to be several years before people can turn over the majority of the driving to the «brains» in their vehicle.

It includes charges of widespread sexual harassment, a video of CEO Travis Kalanick berating an Uber driver for making some reasonable statements, and a New York Times report about Uber using phone apps and data to avoid authorities and sting actions.

In the time that it takes for the driver to fully recognize that he or she is about to crash, the car is programmed to swerve into safety.

At the same time, sharing high - value content has become an essential driver for any business looking to engage and influence audiences.

In some instances, passengers are getting charged double the actual time and distance for a normal ride, yet drivers are receiving only about half of the amount the passenger pays while Uber is pocketing the difference,» he writes in a post about the occurrence.

But for a long time the commission was 20 %, and drivers who started at that level are grandfathered there.

They're more often than not seasoned drivers who have been around for a long time and they have control decisions over that car.

She was known for being brash and outspoken, described in the pages of TIME as «truculent and courageous,» with a New York City accent Norman Mailer said «could boil the fat off a taxi driver's neck.»

Uber Technologies has launched its own auto leasing subsidiary in an effort to sign up more drivers, injecting the fast - growing ride services company directly into the financial services sector for the first time.

In general, 43 % of Thumbtack's full - time pros earned $ 50,000 each year (For reference, Uber drivers make anywhere from $ 10.75 to to $ 13.17 per hou r.

Lower pickup times mean better economics for drivers, and thus more drivers and cars.

In 2015, the company's test drivers disengaged — a jargon term that means they had to take manual control of the vehicle because the software failed or for safety reasons — at a rate of 0.8 times per 1,000 miles in California.

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.

Though some of the company's drivers work full - time for the service, Lyft says that 80 % of its drivers currently drive 15 hours or less per week.

The driver in 2014 is reinvention: What was brand new a short time ago gets transformed again, or else swept under the rug for even better applications.

Simultaneously, Bluetooth technology was introduced which enabled drivers to safely make and receive «hands free» phone calls while in their vehicle for the first time.

Uber Technologies Chief Executive Travis Kalanick on Tuesday said it was time for him to «grow up» and get help after a video was published showing him getting into an argument with a driver for the ride service who complained about pay rates.

Instead, they make it harder for part - time drivers, the heart of Lyft's peer - to - peer model, to get on the road and harder for passengers to get a ride,» according to a Lyft statement.

I don't have a lot of time to run around searching for Mac drivers.

For the most part, the only direct costs extracted from drivers for participating in congestion are the personal time and gas they waste sitting in traffFor the most part, the only direct costs extracted from drivers for participating in congestion are the personal time and gas they waste sitting in trafffor participating in congestion are the personal time and gas they waste sitting in traffic.

When drivers activate Autopilot, the acknowledgment box explains, among other things, that Autopilot «is an assist feature that requires you to keep your hands on the steering wheel at all times,» and that «you need to maintain control and responsibility for your vehicle» while using it.

For truck driver Carlos Dias, the trip across Port Mann Bridge, spanning the Fraser River, is his quiet time.

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

For the driver, an hourlong trip with no idle time resulted in steady earnings (Uber drivers make money only when riders are in the car).

It is possible that during busy times drivers would quite rationally wait for a Lyft ride, so they are less likely to respond to Uber.

Two types of testing will be reviewed for public roads: fully autonomous cars without a driver, and those with a qualified driver who could take control at any time, similar to laws in the US where driverless cars have been tested on public roads since 2011 in some states.