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I hope the taxis and uber kill each other.
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Lyft is a dumb name no one is gonna say 'guys let's get a lyft'
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Compare Uber to GoCatch. GoCatch is the app with taxi industry support. goCatch doesn't have surge pricing but instead has tipping. Tipping is where you put out 5 to 10 or more dollars for a driver to claim your booking. So now what's happened is taxi drivers won't accept your booking until you tip so they already get money out of you without showing up.
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maybe when it comes to taxis vs uber the truth is in the middle..............????
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The middle is bikes with helmets
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Hehe this is especially true on the santa pub crawl night.
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Maybe in this case the free market will actually fix it???
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The solution is for the government to issue unlimited taxi licenses to anyone willing to maintain basic standards for a reasonable fee and tell the entitled baby boomer rent seeking fucks that think their licenses are worth 300 grand to gently caress off.
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Anidav posted:Maybe in this case the free market will actually fix it???  Jumpingmanjim posted:The solution is for the government to issue unlimited taxi licenses to anyone willing to maintain basic standards for a reasonable fee and tell the entitled baby boomer rent seeking fucks that think their licenses are worth 300 grand to gently caress off. That'll be a start.
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I got called by the Greens and as a result am doing door knocking this Sunday (but I just bought Fallout 4 last Sunday and this will cut into my playing time  ).I also signed up for flyer drops one day and helping out at the booth on election day, so I think the guy in the phone was happy he called me!
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Ket posted:I got called by the Greens and as a result am doing door knocking this Sunday (but I just bought Fallout 4 last Sunday and this will cut into my playing time I hope they're layering their voter contact (hint: The Greens are worse than the LNP at doing this).
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the results are in for this month's aggregate Negligent posts wordcloud
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:I can't see how having big burly blokes required by law to use women's bathrooms is more comfortable to these people worldviews than just letting transpeople choose which toilets they use. I think the big burly transmen in women's bathrooms will be greatly outnumbered by straight male pervs using it as a defense. Call them Penis/Vagina rooms imo. Pickled Tink posted:Gods this is bad. Bike chat may be our only hope: Traffic shouldn't be held up by your stupid kids toy. I still can't believe that most states don't let you ride on the footpath. I'd like to see them restricted to only the footpath.
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LibertyCat posted:Call them Penis/Vagina rooms imo. 
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LibertyCat posted:I am not kidding when I say I was more moved during the events of the Mass Effect series than I ever was by the works of Beethoven or Leonardo da Vinci. thank you for you input, libertycat
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LibertyCat posted:Traffic shouldn't be held up by your stupid kids toy. I still can't believe that most states don't let you ride on the footpath. I'd like to see them restricted to only the footpath. How were you raised? just so I can avoid raising a libertarian.
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1 bike slows down what, 100 cars? Particularly with the new "you must leave a 1m gap" rule that often makes it impossible to overtake. One extra car won't delay traffic nearly as much as a bike. Less delays means less fossil fuel usage and air pollution. What's the harm in riding on the footpath anyway? It's always worked fine in Qld. e: One can oppose the freedom to have picnics on the freeway yet still generally support civil liberties.
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actually it's illegal in queensland and has been since the 90s
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Riding on a footpath is illegal in WA unless you're a child under 12
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No matter wear you ride, wear a helmet. They save lives
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Negligent posted:No matter wear you ride, wear a helmet. They save lives Statist
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thatbastardken posted:actually it's illegal in queensland and has been since the 90s nope! quote:Riding on a footpath or shared path
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Jumpingmanjim posted:Statist if you ride a statist, please wear a condom (or make sure the statist is)
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LibertyCat posted:e: One can oppose the freedom to have picnics on the freeway yet still generally support civil liberties. Not while being a libertarian. It's up to the owner of the road and footpath to decide. You pinko.
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its pretty terrible to frame any kind of pro-uber argument in terms of customer convenience since that's not issue but while we're just listing all the loving garbage bullshit things taxi companies do, its complete loving rubbish that the cab companies in brisbane charge a % of the fare to pay on efptos imo and even though I'm pro-taxi, whether or not I have access to cash is pretty much the decisive factor in whether I catch a cab or an uber because gently caress that poo poo on a long fare
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well gently caress me drunk.
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it's funny how almost every other country in the world trusts adults to cycle without helmets, and often have vibrant cycling cultures, but here it's suddenly too dangerous. I would honest to god vote greens if they repealed the helmet thing. Like I'd still wear a helmet if I had to ride near traffic or in the Big Smoke, but a shitload of us don't live in cities. A 10 minute ride on the footpath has a ridiculously low risk. The government trusts me to go down to Bunnings and buy all manner of sharp dangerous toys, but a 5 minute ride without a bike helmet? Sorry mister that's just too dangerous. LibertyCat fucked around with this message at 12:05 on Apr 21, 2016 |
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LibertyCat posted:it's funny how almost every other country in the world trusts adults to cycle without helmets, and often have vibrant cycling cultures, but here it's suddenly too dangerous. Maybe it's too dangerous here (or at least the reason we have a less vibrant cycling culture), because we have a culture of fuckwits like you who are disgusted by the idea of bikes sharing the road. 
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helmets arent the reason why australia doesn't have a cycling culture it's because australians are fat e: and lazy
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Wasn't Cartoon almost single handedly responsible for bike helmets being mandatory in this country? It certainly came as a surprise to me as to their being mandatory - in my country they're not.
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:Maybe it's too dangerous here (or at least the reason we have a less vibrant cycling culture), because we have a culture of fuckwits like you who are disgusted by the idea of bikes sharing the road. What, exactly, is wrong with riding on the footpath where possible? You're way safer and won't hold up traffic. I'd take a collision between a pedestrian and a bike vs a bike and a truck any day. I used to ride a ton and never had a problem with footpaths.
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tithin posted:Wasn't Cartoon almost single handedly responsible for bike helmets being mandatory in this country? New forums arch-enemy acquired. Cartoon I thought you were cool.
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Personally I think it's probably a good idea to be wearing safety equipment when around Australians with dangerous equipment like cars.
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LibertyCat posted:New forums arch-enemy acquired. Like don't quote me on that, entirely when I say single handedly, but I definitely remember him talking about being on the initiation side of that policy - but not the specifics. Also, Cartoon is pretty cool, and his avatars are hilarious. I personally loved the sphinx one, props to whoever bought that for him
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