On numerous threads involving America & Americans, there has been some comments about non Americans knowing nothing about America & it's people. Also comments stating we shouldn't interfere or comment - Really?

Well you Yanks only have one belief & that is "The Almighty Dollar" & the things you do to chase it!

Uber wins right to challenge English tests

Are you Yanks that dumb? No speaka da English, then you can't know our transport laws, highway code!

Uber history

Nice dirty tricks Yanks, you love the dollar that much?

Think Clyde is right, America's going home - Can you take your disgusting businesses with you?

Let's look at several 1,000,000lb gorillas in the room:

A: Uber drivers are not employees of the company
B: Uber drivers use their personal vehicles

"It has more than 30,000 drivers in London" & that's just London.

A: Thereby bypassing the need for Public Liability Insurance!

B: HOW many of those vehicles are legally insured? Not Third Party Fire & Theft/Fully Comprehensive - Should an RTA occur the injured/Dead passenger/s will not receive a penny as the driver is uninsured!

A separate insurance policy for Hire & Reward is required by law.

JUST how many of those 30,000 are legal?

Give me a licensed Black Cab any day - At least they know the city they're working in & insured at that!

Give me a licensed Black Cab any day - At least they know the city they're working in & insured at that!

Here, here. We will never use them.

I still don't get how they are able to get around the taxi laws in various countries including mine. That is where the problem is.

http://www.seattlebusinessmag.com/business-corners/retail-services/taxis-vs-uber-perfect-example-resistance-change

I don't agree with the article. There is a reason 'people moving' is heavily regulated.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/tech-transport/5-ways-uber-really-different-from-regular-taxi.htm

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Are you Yanks that dumb? No speaka da English, then you can't know our transport laws, highway code!

It is your own courts and laws and they seem to be winning. Maybe you had better look in the mirror and see all those loopholes all your muppets have made.
This crap is showing up here replacing and no one knows what those funny foreign signs mean!

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LOL.
Are you comparing US roadsigns with European roadsigns?
It so happens that we in Europe speak a lot of different languages.
We cannot have signs with text. Simple as that.
I have no problem to understand the UK roadsigns.
No one else have problem with them here in Europe.
Given that you have a driving license of course.
So why do you have problem with our "muppet" roadsigns?

Please give me the english text that translate to the depicted roadsign "Varning för älg"!

Caution Moose!



edit:
Alia Cave....

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LOL.
Are you comparing US roadsigns with European roadsigns?
It so happens that we in Europe speak a lot of different languages.
We cannot have signs with text. Simple as that.
I have no problem to understand the UK roadsigns.
No one else have problem with them here in Europe.
Given that you have a driving license of course.

Sirius seems to think you have to be fluent in English to drive in the UK. Perhaps his muppets can work on a solution to that.

Don't seem to have much of a problem here https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/?1dmy&urile=wcm:path:/dmv_content_en/dmv/pubs/brochures/fast_facts/ffdl22_ol

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Caution Moose!

I thought you would say "Caution Elk", an entirely different animal:)

There are however roadsigns that are in text here.


This roadblock can be very dangerous to bikers and cyclists.
The problem is that the language used is from what I belive the viking era!
I had no idea what it meant first time I saw it coming towards it with a bicycle:)

So, Don't use text for roadsigns!

Can you say fake?
http://www.sheldrake.org/research/morphic-resonance/cattle-fooled-by-phoney-grids

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Can you say fake?
http://www.sheldrake.org/research/morphic-resonance/cattle-fooled-by-phoney-grids

I can say it's a draw between America's Shame and other countries shame in this case.

Next case.

Uber drivers use their personal vehicles

That's what concerns me. I kind of doubt most Uber drivers tell their insurance companies what they're doing.

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Uber drivers use their personal vehicles

That's what concerns me. I kind of doubt most Uber drivers tell their insurance companies what they're doing.

Now you have found something. Just about the same as Craig's list and its adult services advertisements of old. They were able to force Craig's list to drop the ads for prostitution; I'm sure it is possible to force uber to force an end to insurance fraud, enforce requirements for commercial drivers licensing, medical inspection and the like. If not, red light abatement act and seize their domain name.

Oh and using their own vehicle likely means that vehicle is paying personal use tax levels and not commercial vehicle tax levels. Stopping this is just easy. Since they put a sticker in the window, the license plate camera on the cop car sees the sticker, reads the plate, checks the database and if it isn't commercial ... ding ding ding! Car goes right to the impound yard, driver cited for not having a commercial drivers license, points assessed and their insurance will eventually get a copy of their citation and their rate goes through the roof.

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Oh and using their own vehicle likely means that vehicle is paying personal use tax levels and not commercial vehicle tax levels. Stopping this is just easy. Since they put a sticker in the window, the license plate camera on the cop car sees the sticker, reads the plate, checks the database and if it isn't commercial ... ding ding ding! Car goes right to the impound yard, driver cited for not having a commercial drivers license, points assessed and their insurance will eventually get a copy of their citation and their rate goes through the roof.

In an ideal world.

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Oh and using their own vehicle likely means that vehicle is paying personal use tax levels and not commercial vehicle tax levels. Stopping this is just easy. Since they put a sticker in the window, the license plate camera on the cop car sees the sticker, reads the plate, checks the database and if it isn't commercial ... ding ding ding! Car goes right to the impound yard, driver cited for not having a commercial drivers license, points assessed and their insurance will eventually get a copy of their citation and their rate goes through the roof.

In an ideal world.

You have been keeping up with what the police are doing with license plate reading cameras haven't you?

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You have been keeping up with what the police are doing with license plate reading cameras haven't you?

Gary I'm quite aware of that technology and how it can work.

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Oh and using their own vehicle likely means that vehicle is paying personal use tax levels and not commercial vehicle tax levels. Stopping this is just easy. Since they put a sticker in the window, the license plate camera on the cop car sees the sticker, reads the plate, checks the database and if it isn't commercial ... ding ding ding! Car goes right to the impound yard, driver cited for not having a commercial drivers license, points assessed and their insurance will eventually get a copy of their citation and their rate goes through the roof.

In an ideal world.

You have been keeping up with what the police are doing with license plate reading cameras haven't you?

Not I. I haven't driven since June 2008.

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Capitalize on this good fortune, one word can bring you round ... changes.

Oh and using their own vehicle likely means that vehicle is paying personal use tax levels and not commercial vehicle tax levels. Stopping this is just easy. Since they put a sticker in the window, the license plate camera on the cop car sees the sticker, reads the plate, checks the database and if it isn't commercial ... ding ding ding! Car goes right to the impound yard, driver cited for not having a commercial drivers license, points assessed and their insurance will eventually get a copy of their citation and their rate goes through the roof.

In an ideal world.

You have been keeping up with what the police are doing with license plate reading cameras haven't you?

Not I. I haven't driven since June 2008.

Hehe.
There goes my view and stereotype vision of a typical american out the window.
Owning a car and if you have a family, several cars.
And those who wants to active themeself going to some gym and complaining that the parking lot is so "far" away...

It's still a draw between America's shame and other countries shame!

Oh and using their own vehicle likely means that vehicle is paying personal use tax levels and not commercial vehicle tax levels. Stopping this is just easy. Since they put a sticker in the window, the license plate camera on the cop car sees the sticker, reads the plate, checks the database and if it isn't commercial ... ding ding ding! Car goes right to the impound yard, driver cited for not having a commercial drivers license, points assessed and their insurance will eventually get a copy of their citation and their rate goes through the roof.

In an ideal world.

You have been keeping up with what the police are doing with license plate reading cameras haven't you?

Not I. I haven't driven since June 2008.

Hehe.
There goes my view and stereotype vision of a typical american out the window.
Owning a car and if you have a family, several cars.
And those who wants to active themeself going to some gym and complaining that the parking lot is so "far" away...

It's still a draw between America's shame and other countries shame!

I have not owned a car since 1995.
Except for 2001-2002, when I was 4 miles away, I've managed to live within 1-2 miles of where I was working (or, studying/working for part of that time period).
Nonetheless, walking at least 2 miles most days is not enough to keep in shape, so, yes, I do currently go to the gym but don't worry about the distance from the parking lot. :)

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Capitalize on this good fortune, one word can bring you round ... changes.

Give me a licensed Black Cab any day - At least they know the city they're working in & insured at that!

Here, here. We will never use them.

I still don't get how they are able to get around the taxi laws in various countries including mine. That is where the problem is.

+1

Here's how: - "Uber, led by David Plouffe, an experienced political operative, expands its operations though commencing operation, then engaging in a political campaign which mobilizes public support for the service. If, as is usually the case, its mode of doing business does not conform to local regulations, Uber, supported by a small army of lobbyists, mounts a campaign to change them."

Sorry Yanks, I'm splitting my sides with laughter on this one!

What you'd do to grab a slice of that £75 million...

Yank company loses contract

..."The BBC earlier reported the case of Nicola McKenzie, a teenage mother who had her child tax credits stopped after she was wrongly accused of being married to a 74-year-old dead man.

A Concentrix spokesman earlier told the BBC: "We recognise that the re-evaluation of individual tax credits claims can be difficult for all concerned."

...yeah, very difficult, just make false allegations :-)