Sentences with phrase «ride with the driver»

Nearly 12 percent of respondents reported driving in the previous two weeks after drinking alcohol, 17 percent reported riding with a driver who drank alcohol, and seven percent reported driving after binge drinking.

«Despite some considerable progress in reducing driving after using drugs or alcohol or riding with a driver who had done so, driving or riding after marijuana use is on the rise,» the authors explained.

«Teen driving and marijuana use: More than one in four high school seniors drive after using alcohol or drugs, or ride with a driver who has.»

Its aim is to ensure that, in the event of an accident, Uber customers will be protected if they're riding with a driver who doesn't have commercial auto insurance (a licensing requirement for taxis).

You will ride with a driver / guide to the south end of Samara Beach where the paddling starts.

Be sure to establish the rate for your cab ride with the driver before entering the taxi.

My family had a heating business, and when I was old enough I rode with the drivers of the fuel oil trucks on their service calls and eventually I learned to do the calls myself.

Statistics show that nearly 40 percent of children riding with a driver who does not wear a seatbelt, will ride without their seat belt as well.

Also surprising, those who admitted they had been riding with a driver who had been drinking alcohol is down to 24 percent from 40 percent and drunk driving reports decreased to 8 percent from 17 percent.

Not exact matches

The most striking difference between the two companies is probably Lyft's onboarding process, which includes a training ride where a new driver rides with someone more experienced.

I know that I personally cancel ride shares for drivers with a score lower than 4.7.

In October, Lyft announced that it had replaced the ride - sharing company's old navigation software used by drivers with Google Maps.

When you hail a ride with Arro, taxi drivers nearby see your name and location.

To play «backseat DJ,» you first need to connect your Spotify account with your Uber profile; when you request a ride, a music bar will appear at the bottom of the Uber app and you can select a playlist from your Spotify account while you wait for your car to show (although this only works if you get a music - enabled car, a detail that's apparently stressing out Uber drivers with older vehicles who fear they'll be penalized for not offering the service).

Offers ride - hailing and taxi hailing services by connecting drivers with corporate and private passengers through the use of an app.

Uber said California should allow paying members of the public to ride in autonomous vehicles with drivers.

The two drivers we rode with also love UberX — both said they make more money with it than through their day jobs (one was a teacher).

«The driver had received very favorable feedback from passengers who had ridden with him.»

Lutz says she's seen moms schedule Shuddle rides — which are more expensive than hailing an Uber or Lyft, but of course come with a driver who's been through Shuddle's screening process — for themselves.

Whereas Uber is eschewing a «panic button,» Shuddle has the equivalent for parents, kids, and drivers, so each can connect with each other at any point — or with the company, which has employees monitoring rides and standing by to take calls.

Customers became angered after the ride - hailing service did not shutdown service at New York's Kennedy International on Saturday, in solidarity with a work - stoppage called by a cab - driver group.

While apps Uber and Lyft allow almost anyone with a car to provide ride services, Blacklane has a fleet of cars and limousines helmed by professional drivers.

Meanwhile, the self - driving stuff could easily leap into nearly full autonomy — no steering wheel, no driver controls — in a few years, but with vehicles that function only in a ride - hailing framework.

«This program denies ride requests to fraudulent users who are violating our terms of service — whether that's people aiming to physically harm drivers, competitors looking to disrupt our operations, or opponents who collude with officials on secret «stings» meant to entrap drivers,» the company said.

Other companies are studying the economics of using automated driving systems to replace human drivers in taxi or ride - hailing services, including Uber Technologies (uber) and Lyft (lyft), which is collaborating with General Motors (gm).

Lyft, whose current drivers are regular folks with a car who give rides for a fee, is betting that self - driving cars will quickly eliminate people's need to own a car, as well as his company's dependence on human drivers.

Uber is more reliable and economically accessible with higher quality vehicles and more accountable drivers «than any other ride,» Kalanick added.

Just weeks after settling a dispute with New York City's mayor over limiting new drivers, Uber is once again making headlines but this time in Asia, where the controversial ride - sharing app is facing fresh legal accusations.

The cars will be hitting the streets of Pittsburgh in August, where those hailing an Uber may get a chance to ride in one with human supervision in the driver seat.

Last week, GM filed a petition with NHTSA requesting an exemption to have a small number of autonomous vehicles operate in a ride - share program without steering wheels or human drivers.

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.

The fee — which accounts for about $ 1.50 to $ 3 of a each fare and is not shared with drivers — was raised by between 15 and 50 cents per ride last week, depending on the city.

The app connects folks to drivers by ordering rides through their smartphones and can pay their cab fare just like they would if riding with another ride - share company.

While people like ordering a ride with a mobile app and not needing to pay in cash, other critics charge ride - hailing start - ups unfairly compete with taxi drivers by entering their markets without following regulations or fare schedules.

If a surge ride would normally cost $ 200, with $ 160 going to the driver, Uber should still pay that driver $ 160, but keep the costs for riders contained to, say, $ 80, and eat the other $ 80.

At San Francisco International Airport, police found even more issues, including two ride service drivers with no valid driver's license, nine with no car insurance, one ride service driver with expired registration, and one with expired car registration.

Other technology firms that made it to the list are Nvidia at no. 28, which produces chips for futuristic technologies such as deep learning and driverless cars, Facebook at no. 29 for investing in Messenger and for hosting news articles on its platform, Japanese messaging app maker Line at no. 37, Coinbase at no. 40 for enabling Bitcoin payments in PayPal and Expedia, IBM at no. 46 for its work with Watson, Snapchat at no. 47 for its innovative new format, and Uber at no. 50 for its ride - sharing services and driver deliveries.

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.

Occasionally, if a driver accidentally picked up someone tagged as an officer, Uber called the driver with instructions to end the ride.

A driver with the ride - sharing service Lyft waits for a customer on a street in Santa Monica, California October 17, 2013.

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.

Uber, a «disruptive technology» that has changed peoples» lives with app - based ride sharing, keeps stirring the pot by creating new opportunities for its drivers that some...

Geoffrey Crothall of China Labor Bulletin said the news media's focus on ride - hailing apps obscured the main complaint of the Chinese taxi drivers: that rapacious fleet companies charge onerous rental fees that leave drivers with little to show for their work.

SAN FRANCISCO — Travis Kalanick, the chief executive of Uber, apologized on Tuesday after a video showing him in a verbal altercation with a driver for the ride - hailing company became public.

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Tesloop still offers a ride - hailing service complete with a driver, but its latest move allows consumers to rent the vehicle and drive the cars themselves.

A lot of drivers have bought into driving for Uber and are comfortable with their experience so the idea of migrating to a new platform can be daunting,» Harry Campbell, who writes about ride - hailing experiences for drivers at The Ride Sharing Guy blog, told TechCruride - hailing experiences for drivers at The Ride Sharing Guy blog, told TechCruRide Sharing Guy blog, told TechCrunch.

These include cars used by drivers that work with ride - hailing services such as Grab and Uber [UBER.UL], which are becoming increasingly popular.

Hungarian taxi drivers ended their demonstration against ride - hailing company Uber in downtown Budapest after talks with the development ministry on Thursday afternoon.

While there is plenty of room to explore this topic in future studies, the data confirms the intuitive claim, backed up by countless anecdotes, that potential drunk drivers will choose other options, like rides with Uber, when they are convenient, affordable, and readily available.