• mitram@sopuli.xyz
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    21 hours ago

    I’m assuming you are describing the driver’s pov from the context of the USA.

    Do the drivers really use their own cars? Where I’m from drivers usually rent the cars or have a profit sharing agreement with a fleet management company.

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        18 hours ago

        Are you required to get any special licence? Does your car require some distinctive sign to show that it’s registered in a rideshare platform?

        • TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          18 hours ago

          No. Just special insurance.

          My state requires both a sign with the Uber name and my license plate in the window. These are removable and provided by Uber.

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      21 hours ago

      That does happen, usually that’s more how traditional cabs operate, and even then in many places they own the cab and contract to a company for fares.

      The vast majority of rideshare drivers in the US use their own vehicle.

    • black_flag@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      21 hours ago

      Yeah, that was the big change uber brought. Traditional cabs were leased, and a lot of people do lease they’re cars for uber (though by the year instead of the day) but that’s nothing to do with uber and there’s no fleet.