Still, extra seat time has only affirmed my feelings — if you're looking for a sedan that rewards both
passengers and the driver with acres of luxury and a flawless drive, you're going to be hard - pressed to trump the S550.
Not exact matches
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.
The experience started before I even left my apartment, when a black car pulled up outside my house
and the
driver helped me
with my luggage
and unloaded me at the airport, an amenity all Emirates Business & First Class
passengers can take advantage of.
The 2016 settlement was reached months after police arrested
and charged Uber
driver Jason Brian Dalton
with fatally shooting six people between picking up
passengers in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Offers ride - hailing
and taxi hailing services by connecting
drivers with corporate
and private
passengers through the use of an app.
It's hard to believe the status quo will remain: While Uber maintains that it's merely a technology company connecting
passengers with drivers, the reality is that it controls the rates the
drivers charge, maintains performance standards,
and can fire
drivers if its standards aren't met.
For
drivers, Campbell says this manifests itself in a feeling of expandability
and a lack of structural recourse when dealing
with dishonest reviews or comments from
passengers, while employees like Fowler alleged that Uber's HR bungled her harassment claims.
Though Judge Chen didn't appear to fully buy into the argument, it does stay in line
with Uber's long - standing claims that it's not a taxi company, merely a «technology platform» enabling
drivers and passengers to connect.
In return, participating
drivers get a sort of seal of approval to display on their cars along
with potentially lucrative access to
passengers at restricted locations like Austin's airport
and the city's many festivals.
There were also reports of at least two
drivers sexually assaulting female
passengers and Kalanick's unsavory behavior
with both Uber
drivers and colleagues.
MEXICO CITY / SAN FRANCISCO, April 6 Chinese ride - hailing company Didi Chuxing has publicly launched in Mexico
with a website advertising its service to
drivers and passengers and setting the stage for a potentially expensive showdown
with rival Uber.
Still, even in some vehicles
with a symmetrical design for the front of the SUV, front overlap crash test results for the
driver's side
and passenger's side yielded different results.
«Looking ahead, we've incorporated enhancements on both the
driver's
and passenger's side for vehicles built on Toyota's new TNGA platforms, beginning
with the 2016 Prius,» said Steve Curtis, a Toyota spokesperson.
However, Uber has also been plagued
with controversy regarding its treatment of female
drivers and passengers.
The electric vehicle is also touted to be a connected car, as
drivers and passengers remain in contact
with their digital lives while in the vehicle as they are able to access their favorite apps
and content.
Now all of a sudden you feel like your business is in the
driver's seat
and you're stuck in the
passenger seat
with no controls.
For Grab,
with hundreds of open vacancies, a key component was the Uber staff acquisition
and the migration of Uber
passengers and drivers.
Some of the rules that were outlined include requiring such services to share their data
with local transport officials, signing up their
drivers on labor contracts, insuring both the cars
and the
passengers and registering their cars as taxi services.
In China in particular, the company is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars a day offering discounted rides to
passengers and better rates for
drivers, according to two people
with knowledge of the company's practices.
Last year, Uber claimed another victory last August in buying Levandowski's fledging startup Otto — which successfully tested an autonomous semi-tractor filled
with beer on a 100 - mile highway run in Colorado last fall —
and has been picking up Pittsburgh
passengers in safety -
driver equipped self - driving Ubers since last summer.
Here God is the
driver and each of us
passengers have kiddy seats
with plastic steering wheels, clutches, brakes,
and accelerator pedals.
A 79 - year - old bus
driver has appeared in court charged
with killing a seven - year - old
passenger and a pedestrian in a city centre crash.
Liberty Media
and Pirelli have introduced a new initiative which will give people the chance to win
passenger rides
with F1
drivers
A pocket - covered panel that Velcro - straps to the headrest of the
driver's or front
passenger's seat
and has elastic to secure it at the bottom as well, the Stow «n Go makes organizing all the items you must take
with you easy.
The bill ensures the safety of
passengers by requiring criminal
and driver history background checks for all
drivers and allows for greater accessibility for people
with disabilities.
The first measure will create more transparency in cab
drivers» travels by outfitting their vehicles
with equipment to record
and store all fare data, including
passenger pickup
and drop - off locations,
and make the information available to riders.
The regulations would require
passengers be given the fare or estimated fare before a ride begins,
with the app displaying a photo of the
driver, the make, model
and color of the car
and its license plate number.
There were several minor injuries to the
drivers and passengers that included the 24 - year - old female
driver of the Honda from Suffern; a 64 year old man from Pomona
with a 59 year old female
passenger in the BMW; a 27 year old male from Thiells in the Jeep, along
with a 25 year old female
passenger,
and a 68 year old woman from Hillburn driving the Ford Fusion.
Under the legislation, over the next five years, each bus would be required to become equipped
with transparent partitions in order to shield bus
drivers from dangerous assaults
and other illegal contact by any accompanying
passengers.
Brinsley approached from the
passenger side, where Liu was sitting,
with Ramos in the
driver's seat, took a shooting stance,
and fired through the
passenger window, striking both officers in the head, Bratton said.
The altercation ended
with the taxicab
driver stabbing two of the
passengers (Ramos
and Webb)
with a pocketknife.
In the video — recorded by
passenger Sanjay Seth
and uploaded to YouTube Monday afternoon — Det. Patrick Cherry is seen berating the
driver,
and demanding to know how long the
driver, who speaks
with an accent, has been in the United States.
The billionaires who run Uber want new laws that give their loosely regulated business model a clear path to
passengers and profits —
and a bypass route around local attempts to help
drivers and people
with disabilities.
The car - hail company agreed to share more data
with the city, including where
passengers are dropped off, the routes
drivers took
and the speed at which they traveled.
Length -
With certain makes
and models, the
driver and passenger - side wipers need to be the same size.
Highly modified BMW R1150GS
with ceramic clutch, heavy - duty shock absorbers, skid plates, side guards, cylinder protectors, heavy - duty alternator, UHF / VHF / HF multimode transceiver connected to GPS, microwave video transmitter, cell phone,
driver -
passenger intercom, satellite telephone, ruggedized computer for GPS moving map, e-mail messaging,
and field notes
Losing a computer file is rarely a matter of life
and death, but train
drivers who make the same mistake can end up dead,
and their
passengers with them.
My wife was allowed to go home
with our older son, while Quinn
and I donned face masks
and were escorted past gawking fellow
passengers, out a backdoor
and whisked by ambulance — the
driver was dressed head - to - toe in a biosafety suit — to a downtown hospital.
With an intermediate license,
drivers are allowed to travel without an adult in the car, but are not able to drive between the hours of 11 p.m.
and 5 a.m.
and are limited to one non-family
passenger.
While
driver Weichert is charged
with three counts of vehicular homicide
and one count of vehicular assault,
and her front - seat
passenger Samantha Bowling may be charged as well, Erin Wood says she is more sad than bitter over losing her husband.
It helps to put them back in the
driver seat during their treatment, instead of treating them as a
passenger as we bombard them
with chemotherapy
and radiation therapy.
My hubby
and I took these photos on a date night, in front of a high school drive
and what do you know there were cars coming in
and out
and drivers and passengers watching us... yep typical life of a fashion blogger, at least I wasn't alone
with my tripod as I still haven't mastered it.
The console acts as the technology
and navigation hub
with ample room for both
driver and passenger.
A man in a pickup truck speaks
with a
passenger about whether another man is an assassin the first hired to help
with suicide when a shot rings out, breaks the windshield
and punctures the
driver's throat; the
driver dies
and we see a large patch of blood on his throat
and splattered on his chest.
Set in 23rd century New York City, taxi
driver Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis) gets wrapped up in saving the world
with his
passenger Leeloo (Milla Jovovich), the fifth
and final piece that is needed to protect earth.
During a car ride late one evening, Ted Kennedy's car drove off a bridge
with Kennedy in the
driver's seat
and political aide Mary Jo Kopechne in the
passenger seat.
In addition, there are around 2,200 organisations
with a link to education, that have registered
with the Minibus
Driver Awareness Scheme (MiDAS) which enhances minibus driving standards by assessing
drivers abilities, raises their awareness of
passenger needs
and gives them the tools to carry out their roles effectively
and safely.
With the engine up - front,
and a large safety cell ahead of the
driver, there's a pair of large comfortable seats for the front - row
passengers.
Each school bus
driver must be of good moral character, of good vision
and hearing, able - bodied, free from communicable disease, mentally alert,
and sufficiently strong physically to handle the bus
with ease,
and he or she must possess other qualifications prescribed by the Commissioner of Education, including those qualifications described in 49 C.F.R. s. 391, relating to physical qualifications
and examinations,
and 49 C.F.R. part 40
and part 382, relating to controlled substance
and alcohol use
and testing,
and he or she must hold a valid commercial
driver's license
with a
passenger endorsement.
Jethro Bovingdon tells you everything you'd want to know about the insane Aston Martin Vulcan —
and then straps himself into the
passenger seat for a ride around Snetterton
with works
driver, Darren Turner.