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Old Aug 19, 2014, 9:48 pm
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SWCPHX
 
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Originally Posted by CalItalian
They've been ticketing and impounding cars all summer for DROP OFFS. http://uberpeople.net/threads/lax-dr...crackdown.674/

Pick-ups certainly are not legal. Still unclear about drop offs. http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/lo...265630161.html

This is statewide, not just LAX.
I've never used Uber or Lyft and I'm not necessarily opposed to either one, but anybody that thought you could act like a taxi but not be subject to taxi regulations was out of their skull. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it's probably a duck. Your friend with a car my a$$. Heck, why not start Uber Interstate and let people who own under utilized 15 passenger vans go up against Greyhound? Let me buy an old beater shuttle bus and start making runs between Vegas and LA with a group of "friends", no DOT permit or commercial license required, nah, can't be bothered with that kind of thing.
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