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Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on November 1, 2017 at 5:08am

And here I thought I was simply imagining that pulling to the curb was fading into obscurity. WTF.

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Permalink Reply by Maurice on November 1, 2017 at 7:13am

There's just total disregard for law and safety.

 

Yesterday, a cab pulled in front of me, blocking the entire PBL except for about 2 feet on the right. I thought better of trying to squeeze through on that side, assuming that some shithead was about to swing the door open without looking, and I was right. However, when I passed on the left, the cabbie himself started to swing his door open as well. 

My commute home was a minefield of cabbies and Ubers stopped in the street next to empty curb spaces. smh

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Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on November 1, 2017 at 7:41am

Did you get the cab number? You should file a 311 report, and force the a**munch to go to court.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on November 1, 2017 at 8:28am

+1  On more than one occasion, I've reported cabs via 311 report for running red lights, plowing through crosswalks full of peds who were crossing on the walk signal and other violations that endangered others. I have gotten responses on this.

Unfortunately, we don't have the same recourse with Uber and Lyft.  We need to push the city to require Uber and Lyft to create a mechanism for non-passengers to report drivers for doing unsafe things, as such a mechanism doesn't currently exist (at least not to my knowledge). 

Cabs, Uber and Lyft should ALL be required to pull to the curb to discharge passengers and should be required to have LOOK stickers on rear windows for passengers.

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Permalink Reply by mike w. on November 1, 2017 at 10:53am

Uber & Lyft cars ought to carry large, easily visible numbers, logos, and 800 numbers to report bad driving- just like any other taxi.

 The time has long passed to treat these services any differently than taxis and hold them to the same rules and regulations.

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Permalink Reply by Cheryl on November 1, 2017 at 11:10am

There is a place on the Uber site to report "dangerous driving" but it is ridiculously difficult to find, and in fact I was unable to find it again or I would share it. 

Agree they ought to be treated more like other taxis, including having some indication as to whether they are working or operating as a private vehicle at any given time.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on November 1, 2017 at 8:33am

I was on a large group ride on Sunday. We were passing through Andersonville when an Uber driver stopped in the middle of Clark St. and discharged a passenger into traffic. If there hadn't been room on the ride for us to avoid that passenger door, that could have been a multi-bike crash with a bunch of injuries.

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Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on November 1, 2017 at 9:24am

Taxis, Ubers, Lyfts, and CTA buses discharge passengers all the time in the shared bike lane on Wells St. With the L support posts, and parking allowed on the right hand side of the street, there are few places to pull to the curb. I've been nearly doored numerous times.

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Permalink Reply by Jacob Wilson on November 1, 2017 at 9:30am

My 17 year old car has a button to engage the rear child safety locks right on the driver door console. Perhaps this should be a mandatory feature for all cab vehicles going forward. When you ride the bus or train you can't just get out whenever you want, the driver/conductor opens the door when they, as a professional driver, deem it's appropriate. Is this too much to ask of cabs? 

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