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Colombia’s transport minister said authorities have seized more than 1,200 vehicles of taxi service Uber amid a campaign to clamp down on “illegal” competition in transport.

According to Transport Minister Jorge Eduardo Rojas, authorities “have been carrying out a crash plan to control the streets and what is happening in terms of illegality.”

As a consequence, the minister said, authorities throughout Colombia have confiscated 962 vehicles working with Uber and 253 working with Uber X.

President Juan Manuel Santos in November last year gave US transport company Uber six months to register as a formal company in Colombia or be banned from the South American country.

After the company failed to meet this deadline, the government banned the service and began to actively shut down the taxi app’s operations in the South American country.

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Brutal. Uber is not throwing enough cash around!

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No Uber is trying to run an unregulated taxi service and many places aren't having it. Austin Texas basically ran them out. Told them they had to do the same things a standard taxi company would do and Uber just decided to stop operating there.

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I am an Uber driver in Baton Rouge, I talk with business people and tourists from Austin all the time. The people are furious...because the taxi services suck. Same here in Baton Rouge...on a weekend night you had better expect at LEAST an hours wait for a taxi. There is a reason Uber is so popular....it works really well....people love the new ridesharing services.

The taxi companies all have sweetheart deals with their respective cities, and have kept a monopoly on services. No competition equals a lousy business. Of course the cities don't like it, they want the fees for licensing, taxing, and a myriad of regulations that have led to really poor service in most cities.

I waited a hour for a taxi in Baton Rouge last Friday nite

I tried doing Uber for a short period, just for fun. To me, it does not make economic sense. I cant see how anyone can justify the time and expense vs the income. I only did it one weekend. I had one girl throwup in my backseat and another drunk chick kiss me and give me a $10 tip...lol. It was fun and interesting, but it does not make economic sense.

from a driving standpoint i can understand it appears hard to make money
but from a guy going into hollywood to party its totally worth the $25 to not worry about cops
closed down a bar in westlake w four thai masseuses a couple of weeks ago and as we were stumbling out laughing and calling uber the guy was suddenly standing right next to me and we were off
how cool is that?

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Uber is the best thing that ever happened to ground transportation in the US. No more stinky taxis and obnoxious drivers, My only fear is that creeping tippism may destroy the non-tip policy, like people who tip at all inclusive resorts in Mexico, so that gradually they expect tips, which are supposed to be included. It's like the mongers who pay more because they want to be "special". In the chicas"s eyes they really aren't.

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Just curious...?

This is a serious question....does anyone here want to chime in who knows a Uber driver or a few?

Do they seem to be making a good living? I know I can search Uber online for their business model, but would like to ask the members if they know something from drivers. The Uber driver member here who chimed in from Baton Rouge did not talk about the economics exclusively related to the drivers. I am sure they vary correct?

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I can't see how you can make good money as you are putting wear and tear on your own vehicle. Your also responsible for fueling and repairing said vehicle. While maybe a great service. I can't picture in the end your making great money. To me driving for uber is good to supliment another job just my 2 cents

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Bill, my neighbor is a school bus driver. Last year, while school was out, she was a Uber driver. Since she was a new driver, she did not know the in's and out's of how to make the most money. One of those is if a driver has a fare that goes 30 or 40 miles, then stay in that area and wait for another fare going back towards the starting point. But to answer your question, she was making about $15 to $20 an hour when she was driving. That included all her driving time, even when she did not have a fare. Of course, she has to pay for gas and maintenance out of that amount. I think the driver has a lot of control over their earnings. Some of the variables - how many hours, what time of day, what areas?

There are people who will say that Uber drivers are not making any money because of the expenses they incur. Unless someone buys a vehicle to use exclusively for Uber, that is not a valid argument. Most of the drivers use a vehicle that they also use for everything else in their daily life. They would pay to purchase the vehicle and pay the insurance even if they were not a Uber driver.

I think many drivers do it for a supplemental income, as Brooklynkid says..

The guys that really make money do it by recruiting new drivers
And if you are aggressive and smart, i.e. sitting outside busy areas and vetting your fares i'm sure its different
I do believe the driver has the choice of whether he wants to take the fare
Like if you are driving out of downtown LA to say sunland there won't be many opportunities to get a return fare
But if you can stay busy in metro area I think you can do well enough for brief periods such as bars closing and concerts ending etc.
And the fare cost goes up depending on the demand
As far as tipping seeping into the equation idt thats much of an issue since you will likely never see the driver again
Whos cares if he wanted a tip?
As a supplement to a regular income I guess it can help but hard to see how it really does much other than keeping you working all night
Its not a full time job for any of the drivers i've spoken to

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In my limited experience with Uber, I found it to be stressful but fun at the same time. You are driving around at night looking for addresses. Riders are frequently drunk and humerous to observe. Vomit in your car is not that unusual (although I got reimbursed $110.00 automatically through the app when someone vomited). If your GPS signal goes out (mine did), you are winging it. The true cost of operating most modern vehicles is $.55 per mile (gas, insurance, wear and tear, depreciation). Your interior and exterior of your car gets a lot of use. So, a 10 mile fare costs you $5.50. There are not always available riders so you usually end up driving around an area where Uber says there are riders. The best times to work are weekend evenings from 8 PM to 2 AM. Some people can probably make it work, but personally I cant sit in a car for hours and hours. My back and neck get stiff and stressed. On the plus side, most people are nice and interesting to talk to. Now I know what I look like when I am drunk Most riders are 20-30 somethings

Uber in MDE story

I had a paisa over and she lived very far away, halfway to the airport. She asked me to get her an Uber, and of course I said sure. This was around 11:15 pm. The driver picked her up but eventually realized she was low on gas and didn't have enough to take my girl to her destination. So she told her to get out of the car somewhere north of Santo Domingo. My girl whatsapped me that she was in the middle of nowhere, there was no public transportation, and she had no options. She said she was gonna sit tight till the morning sonewhere. (She was also wasted btw) Eventually a couple came up to her and relieved her of everything... Wallet, cedula, cash, and even her jacket.

I contacted Uber about this and asked for compensation. They ignored me.

Phuck Uber.

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This may sound harsh, but I hope I never get that heartless. If I ask a lady to visit me in Medellin, I feel somewhat responsible to see that she gets home safely, especially if it is 11:15pm and she is drunk. I would have gotten a taxi and went to get her if she did not have any other options. But since you don't pay the chicas more than 100K (info from a previous post), I guess her well-being wasn't that important to you.