Author Topic: UberX targeting super stud city MHK (Read 18495 times)

puniraptor · « **Reply #50 on:** May 05, 2015, 04:46:46 PM »

pretty unified effort to override. the kansas congress really rough ridin' hates uber, apparently. I doubt we have a powerful taxi lobby like major metropolitan states.

ksupamplemousse · « **Reply #51 on:** May 05, 2015, 04:48:45 PM »

Quote from: SkinnyBenny on May 05, 2015, 04:45:23 PM

well that's super lame.

This seems like a very anti-conservative move. Aren't the dudes/dudettes in the Kansas senate all about free markets and competition and stuff?

Asteriskhead · « **Reply #52 on:** May 05, 2015, 04:49:55 PM »

Quote from: ksupamplemousse on May 05, 2015, 04:48:45 PM

Quote from: SkinnyBenny on May 05, 2015, 04:45:23 PM
well that's super lame.

This seems like a very anti-conservative move. Aren't the dudes/dudettes in the Kansas senate all about free markets and competition and stuff?

they've got no clue.

Spracne · « **Reply #53 on:** May 05, 2015, 04:50:19 PM »

Quote from: puniraptor on May 05, 2015, 04:46:46 PM

pretty unified effort to override. the kansas congress really rough ridin' hates uber, apparently. I doubt we have a powerful taxi lobby like major metropolitan states.

Pretty puzzling. Maybe insurance?

WillieWatanabe · « **Reply #54 on:** May 05, 2015, 04:51:39 PM »

my employer emailed me to tell me to spam legislators to veto SB117. Something to do with financial institutions depending on their vehicles as collateral.

ksupamplemousse · « **Reply #55 on:** May 05, 2015, 04:52:13 PM »

Quote from: roidhead on May 05, 2015, 04:49:55 PM

Quote from: ksupamplemousse on May 05, 2015, 04:48:45 PM
Quote from: SkinnyBenny on May 05, 2015, 04:45:23 PM
well that's super lame.

This seems like a very anti-conservative move. Aren't the dudes/dudettes in the Kansas senate all about free markets and competition and stuff?

they've got no clue.

Apparently. Seems like their objective may just be to become the most despised legislative body in the US.

puniraptor · « **Reply #56 on:** May 05, 2015, 04:52:44 PM »

Quote from: WillieWatanabe on May 05, 2015, 04:51:39 PM

my employer emailed me to tell me to spam legislators to veto SB117. Something to do with financial institutions depending on their vehicles as collateral.

quite puzzling

Rage Against the McKee · « **Reply #57 on:** May 05, 2015, 04:53:00 PM »

Maybe they were just concerned about the possibility of sex offenders giving rides to young women.

WillieWatanabe · « **Reply #58 on:** May 05, 2015, 04:54:28 PM »

Quote from: puniraptor on May 05, 2015, 04:52:44 PM

Quote from: WillieWatanabe on May 05, 2015, 04:51:39 PM
my employer emailed me to tell me to spam legislators to veto SB117. Something to do with financial institutions depending on their vehicles as collateral.

quite puzzling

and requiring comprehensive and collision insurance.

puniraptor · « **Reply #59 on:** May 05, 2015, 04:55:55 PM »

Quote from: Rage Against the McKee on May 05, 2015, 04:53:00 PM

Maybe they were just concerned about the possibility of sex offenders giving rides to young women.

well yeah, but is there any system in place to stop sex offenders from being taxi drivers? heck, i just saw a story on the news where a sex offender fugitive from texas got a job as a kansas bus driver.

Rage Against the McKee · « **Reply #60 on:** May 05, 2015, 05:02:22 PM »

http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/morning_call/2015/04/uber-s-problem-with-this-bill-in-kansas-it-s-more.html

http://www.pitch.com/kansascity/streetside-uber-is-user-friendly-that-doesnt-mean-uber-respects-you/Content?oid=5095487

Uber seems a little bit ridiculous here. Maybe the articles are biased.

Phil Titola · « **Reply #61 on:** May 05, 2015, 05:43:17 PM »

Quote from: Rage Against the McKee on May 05, 2015, 04:53:00 PM

Maybe they were just concerned about the possibility of sex offenders giving rides to young women.

These dorks that lean on the current laws in place to keep creeps from driving people around haven't ever taken a cab in their lives. The feedback loop and detailed driver/rider data in systems like Uber/Lyft/Sidecar/etc. is way safer than a background check.

wetwillie · « **Reply #62 on:** May 05, 2015, 07:14:50 PM »

Uber drivers are much more likely to rob your house after dropping you at the airport than assault you.

Kat Kid · « **Reply #63 on:** May 05, 2015, 07:51:47 PM »

Banks and insurance companies lobbied hard against Uber without them getting their guarantees. Every Podunk Kansas town has a respectable banker and a few insurance men and a chamber of commerce. Only KC, Topeka, Wichita, MHK and Lawrence would've had Uber.

The ability to lobby/threaten the state legislature in to doing all sorts of things is getting more evident as social media provides live updates of the shenanigans of committee meetings and testimony presented. It sounds cliche to say that lobbyists exercise an enormous amount of influence on votes, but it is incredible to see it in action when it so clearly lays to waste the idea that ideology and partisan politics is always the driving force behind voting.

star seed 7 · « **Reply #64 on:** May 05, 2015, 08:01:14 PM »

what do banks have against uber?

hjfklmor · « **Reply #65 on:** May 05, 2015, 08:02:47 PM »

That's their collateral driving people around. I doubt many uber drivers own their car free and clear.

star seed 7 · « **Reply #66 on:** May 05, 2015, 08:03:48 PM »

seems reasonable to make sure there are no insurance gaps then

hjfklmor · « **Reply #67 on:** May 05, 2015, 08:19:52 PM »

The Kansas Bankers Association is also a pretty powerful lobby which never hurts. This isn't the first time they've received special treatment from the state legislature because they bitched and moaned.

Phil Titola · « **Reply #68 on:** May 05, 2015, 08:25:15 PM »

Quote from: libliblibliblibliblib on May 05, 2015, 08:03:48 PM

seems reasonable to make sure there are no insurance gaps then

Uber propaganda makes this sound like they've got it totally handled.
blog.uber.com/ridesharinginsurance

Spracne · « **Reply #69 on:** May 05, 2015, 08:46:04 PM »

i suppose there's some truth to the saying that you get the government(s) you deserve.

Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) · « **Reply #70 on:** May 05, 2015, 09:13:48 PM »

Uber lame!!!!!!!!!!!!!

michigancat · « **Reply #71 on:** May 05, 2015, 10:16:07 PM »

Question: is the Kansas law different from every other state where uber operates?

MakeItRain · « **Reply #72 on:** May 06, 2015, 12:04:11 AM »

Quote from: michigancat on May 05, 2015, 10:16:07 PM

Question: is the Kansas law different from every other state where uber operates?

The question I have is why uber and only uber has these problems nationwide. I have never heard of Lyft having issues with local governments but uber has been in crap in liberal, conservative, and moderate jurisdictions. I think my answer to that question is that they are cheap rough ridin' crybabies. It wouldn't cost them very much money to comply with this law, if they want to be in Kansas nothing is stopping them.

Rage Against the McKee · « **Reply #73 on:** May 06, 2015, 12:17:48 AM »

Quote from: Kat Kid on May 05, 2015, 07:51:47 PM

Banks and insurance companies lobbied hard against Uber without them getting their guarantees. Every Podunk Kansas town has a respectable banker and a few insurance men and a chamber of commerce. Only KC, Topeka, Wichita, MHK and Lawrence would've had Uber.

The ability to lobby/threaten the state legislature in to doing all sorts of things is getting more evident as social media provides live updates of the shenanigans of committee meetings and testimony presented. It sounds cliche to say that lobbyists exercise an enormous amount of influence on votes, but it is incredible to see it in action when it so clearly lays to waste the idea that ideology and partisan politics is always the driving force behind voting.

Well, the banks are right in wanting to make sure the cars they are financing are properly insured.

MakeItRain · « **Reply #74 on:** May 06, 2015, 12:37:36 AM »

Uber is pretty gross guys. I mean there's a million stories about the gross crap they've done; senior executives threatening media members, charging surge pricing when people attempted to escape public shootings in Sydney, etc. I think I'm going to delete their app and eat the money I have on my account

http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/26/6067663/this-is-ubers-playbook-for-sabotaging-lyft