Cyclists "DON'T" Jump Red lights

And you might want to make a Gif of that if possible... you'll know he'll pull it down now.

virtual rep for 'galloping cocklord'

http://www.gfycat.com/DamagedUncomfortableHyrax

What a great short name for it too.

He is a Warrior. He is The Law. Grrrr.

More gold!

In your rlj video, you're over the white line or in the asl box at almost every lights. The line is the light. If you're over the line, you've gone through a red light.
Don't be a prick, you're shit at driving.

just to make sure it's completely clear he's a massive hypocrite...

Although, uber's business and legal practices are far from unimpeachable. Ignoring regulation on either minicabs or hackney carriages whilst providing a paid for, private vehicle transportation service is downright shady.

Caveat emptor.

They are cheap, handy, friendly and awesome though.

I'm with Mashton on this, asking people to avoid Black Cabs (for all their ills) and rely on an unregulated, possibly illegal, undertrained minicab firm just because they have a fancy app strikes me as unwise.

Not sure it would be any worse than jumping in a black cab with some self righteous red light jumping prick.

You know what, if Taxi Warrior can provide a sufficiently evidenced, reasonable justification for jumping that red light then I will ensure that he gets my employer's full corporate taxi account.

To pre-empt any suggestion of an empty promise, I am employed, I'm not self-employed, my employer does use minicabs and taxi's on a frequent basis. Mind you, I also reckon Taxi Warrior is far too much of a soft mince to come back now that his cocklordery has been exposed.

Ignoring regulation on either minicabs or hackney carriages

Given that Uber is a licensed PHV operator (licence number 797901 it would appear) how are they ignoring the regulations on minicabs (i.e. private hire vehicles)?

Is there any way to work out who taxi warrior is? It'd be fun to show videos of his driving to his insurance company.

Be chauffeured around in a gps-tracked brand new merc or ripped off in a shitty old cab with john worboys at the helm?

The tag on his video shows what looks to be a licence plate of LS43OW although I'm not certain on that. Doesn't seem to want to come up on the DVLA checker. Not sure if that might relate to TFL licencing number. Certainly once you get past LS43 you get into unique ID territory.

Considering the worrying number of reported sexual assaults by Uber drivers since the launch of the service, I'm going to have to disagree with you there.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/28/uber-s-biggest-problem-isn-t-surge-pricing-what-if-it-s-sexual-harassment-by-drivers.html

Worries me that he needs to call himself a warrior. Everyone needs to work together to make the roads safer and better for each other, not fight against.

It's not a war and calling yourself a warrior is fucking stupid.

You don't hear of any Uber drivers killing prostitutes either.

Unlike your black cab drivers like @taxiwarrior. A black cab driver. Who has not been convicted of murdering prostitutes. As far as we know.

In my (admittedly limited) experience Uber is a far better consumer experience than black cabs. Cheaper, more comfortable, generally better driven and the drivers are usually more friendly.
I love being able to use the app to arrange a pickup.

Black cabs are effectively a protectionist cartel who have failed to innovate or improve the customer experience because they can't be bothered to get off their fat arses and do so. They never want to take cards, are noisier and less comfortable inside and normally tattier than Uber cars which seem to be very well kept and cleaned.

What, and that's caused by Uber? I don't think the drivers should be able to access user's names but everything else in that article happens with yellow cabs too*.

The privacy issue aside that article's basically blaming societal trends on Uber, which is stupid.

*That being NYC.

Would rather use uber than a black cab these days.

edit. late to the party.

Last time I was in sydney I used UBER about 5 or 6 times. Each trip was excellent. The drivers were in clean, high end cars (Merc E class, BMW 7 series etc.) The drivers were well dressed, the cars were clean and the service couldn't be faulted - it was almost like having a personal driver. And the premium over a normal cab? $10 at best - which is the price of a schooner of beer.

The normal cab system over there is worse than here - the cars are old, normally with shoddy brakes and pogo suspension - vinyl clad sticky interiors - although while you do get the few ranting opinionated drivers, mostly the others are OK - even if the driving is somewhat suspect.

I'm not sure if the same applies over here but the taxi industry in Aus is basically a mafia - shady connections in government, business operators etc. Crazy licensing fees - unless you join certain unions. It's properly crazy and dodgy. I know this because I once worked with a company trying to build a better cab service (I did the branding) and the hurdles they had to go through were nuts.
They weren't even trying to undercut normal taxis - they wanted to provide better transport for people with disability by making every cab accessible (based on new mercedes Vito).

At any rate, this taxi warrior dude (if he's real) sounds like a douche and is one of the problems with any taxi service that needs to be removed.

I'm certainly not saying that sexual assault is a problem confined to Uber or Lyft drivers, but things like this make me uneasy.

Uber recruited the drivers off Craigslist, gave them a background check and 45 minute orientation.

Say what you will about racketeering, but Black Cab drivers go through a pretty serious set of tests, checks and balances to get their licences. It's a Government regulated industry, and information about drivers is honestly presented within the cab. I don't think a '1-star rating and fire' system is particularly transparent, just or safe.

I also have my problems with 'sharing-economy' as a neoliberal business model, but that's a different argument.

i can't wait for the next @TaxiWarrior thread.