Nobody Cares: PRS

[Veritable Quandry]

At least in England and Wales, all Uber drivers need to have a private hire licence issued by a local authority, which normally includes criminal records and health checks.

It is a matter of State law in the US, so it depends on where you live.

 

[WolfEyes]

I've just looked at Uber's UK terms and conditions and, as far as I can make out, under most circumstances I'll need to sue the driver and their insurance company (or the restaurant and their insurers in the case of Uber Eats) rather than to pursue Uber itself.

What the driver's or restaurant's insurers might do is another question, but I'd need to sue the driver or the restaurateur.

Obviously it may well be different in the US but, given Uber's position that its drivers are independent contractors rather than Uber employees, I'm not sure it's that unreasonable.

I mean, can you really hold Uber responsible if a restaurant inadvertently contaminates a customer's meal with nuts after the customer has made the restaurant aware of their allergy? It's the restaurant owner who's responsible for what goes on in the kitchen, I'd have thought, rather than Uber.

Sue the driver and Uber, the driver's legal employer. The restaurant is only responsible for the food, not the Uber delivery service. If it were the restaurant employing drivers, then they could be held accountable if the driver is the restaurant's employee.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

I meant I'd need to sue the driver if I'm a passenger and there's some mishap, or the restaurant if it's Ubereats.

 

[WolfEyes]

If they weren't passengers, how did they get injured?

Innula Zenovka since she edited the quote.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

If they weren't passengers, how did they get injured?

Innula Zenovka since she edited the quote.

You've lost me.

I wrote

I've just looked at Uber's UK terms and conditions and, as far as I can make out, under most circumstances I'll need to sue the driver and their insurance company (or the restaurant and their insurers in the case of Uber Eats) rather than to pursue Uber itself.

What the driver's or restaurant's insurers might do is another question, but I'd need to sue the driver or the restaurateur.

That is, if I'm a passenger and there's a smash, I go after the driver and their insurance company, assuming it's not some other driver to blame. If something Ubereats have delivered harms me, I go after the restaurant (unless the driver laced my meal with something, I guess).

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Tax dollars at work.

 

[Free]

Tax dollars at work.

Why does Ron DeSantis hate the free market? Is he a commie?

 

[WolfEyes]

You've lost me.

I wrote
That is, if I'm a passenger and there's a smash, I go after the driver and their insurance company, assuming it's not some other driver to blame. If something Ubereats have delivered harms me, I go after the restaurant (unless the driver laced my meal with something, I guess).

Is there a difference between a cab driver and an Uber driver? Not really. If you are in an accident in a cab, you would sue the driver and the cab company along with both insurance companies. Driver has to have insurance and so does the cab company.

Or put another way:
If you are a passenger in a cab accident, you can sue: the driver of the taxi, the driver of the other vehicle, or other parties involved.

• The driver of the taxi: You can file a claim with the taxi's insurance company.
• The driver of the other vehicle: You can file a claim with the other driver's insurance company.
• The employer of the driver: If the driver was working when the accident occurred, you can sue their employer.
• Other parties: A vehicle manufacturer, local government entity, or other party might also be liable.

That's how it works in the US. UK may be different.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Tax dollars at work.

Ah, yes. The Party of Free Speech. Or something. Got it.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Girls growing up in an Evangelical Christian Nationalist environment.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

FBI arrests Afghan man who officials say planned Election Day attack in the US

The FBI has arrested an Afghan man who officials say was inspired by the Islamic State militant organization.

apnews.com

Another good reason to vote by mail.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

More weather control fun. This seems to me straightforward Q-Anon stuff -- "there's no such thing as coincidences."

This is an objectively bonkers thing to say, when you come to think of it -- at exactly the same time as I was brushing my teeth this morning, someone else in the UK must have been making a cup of tea, and someone else must have been making a cup of coffee, and someone in the US must have been snoring, and I challenge even the most convinced conspiracist to find a connection other than pure coincidence between the four events.

The Breaking of the Conservative Mind

"They can control the weather" and the obliteration of rationality on the right

jill.substack.com

 

[Free]

More weather control fun.

Oh yes. Such fun.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Sorry, that was me.

Spoiler: Whoops

 

[Cindy Claveau]

Checkmate, Science!

 

[CronoCloud Creeggan]

Checkmate, Science!

The stupid...it BURNS.

 

[Noodles]

More weather control fun. This seems to me straightforward Q-Anon stuff -- "there's no such thing as coincidences."

This is an objectively bonkers thing to say, when you come to think of it -- at exactly the same time as I was brushing my teeth this morning, someone else in the UK must have been making a cup of tea, and someone else must have been making a cup of coffee, and someone in the US must have been snoring, and I challenge even the most convinced conspiracist to find a connection other than pure coincidence between the four events.

The Breaking of the Conservative Mind

"They can control the weather" and the obliteration of rationality on the right

jill.substack.com

Oh, time is the answer. They are all connected by being activites based on the flowmof time.

Hashtag gottem.

 

[Noodles]

Look, if God is all powerful, would she not be able to simply, control the weather more, and decimate California, Illinois, and New York?

Is it not "God's will" that all the gay baby killer socialists be smited?

Checkmate uh.... Thiests?

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

WHAT ABOUT THE SPACE LASERS?

 

[WolfEyes]

Best I could do was a lousy t-shirt.